As pre decided thousands of Indian jewellers shut their stores on Wednesday and held demonstration in Mumbai against a rise in burglaries and attacks on gold merchants.%%Of late, more than 30 break-ins have been reported by jewellery stores in the Western Maharashtra, and jewellery worth millions of dollars have been stolen.%% Isuues related to security of the jewellers, police assistance and government support were raised in the protest.%%About 20,000 jewellery store owners and workers from across Maharashtra gathered in Mumbai, carrying placards and banners that urged police to provide security. They also carried pictures of a jeweller bludgeoned to death recently.