Latur, Nov 6 (PTI) Two unidentified persons armed with knives robbed gold ornaments worth Rs 4.50 lakh from a farmhouse in Udgir in Latur, police said on Friday.

The incident took place at around 7pm on Thursday near Banshelki dam, an official said.

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"Two people with faces concealed threatened the 78- year-old farmhouse owner with knives and escaped with the loot. Efforts are on to nab them," the Udgir rural police station official said.

The incident comes a day after Rs 10.58 lakh was looted from a car in Udgir.

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