Kengeri police conducted a special operation to apprehend the accused, who was hiding at a house in the area.
o Police in Bangalore have arrested six people accused of theft and have recovered 400 grams of gold jewelry and 3.5 kg of silver jewelry worth 22.5 lakh in Bengaluru Kengeri
o Kengeri police officers are carrying out a specialized operation to catch all the accused, 6 of whom had been arrested from a hide-out within the area.
Police in Bangalore have arrested six individuals accused of robbing valuable items and recovered 400 grams of gold jewelry and 3.5 kg of silver jewelry; the combined worth of these jewels was found to be over ₹22 lakh, police reported. Kengeri police officials also conducted a special operation to catch the accused, all 6 of whom were arrested from a hide-out in the nearby area.
Laxman B Nimbargi, the deputy commissioner of police, West Bengaluru tweeted that 6 accused, who were found hiding in a house in Kengeri, have been nabbed and 400g gold ornaments and 3.5 kg silver articles worth ₹22.50 lakhs have been recovered from them. Police said that they also seized a vehicle that was allegedly used to carry out the crime, as well as an amount of ₹64,000 in cash.
Kengeri police shared photographs of the recovered ornaments showing that the loot includes expensive wristwatches, gold necklaces, chains, rings, and antique idols. A weapon was also retrieved from the accused, and DCP Nimbargi lauded the Kengeri police team for cracking the case in a thorough and time-efficient manner by conducting a successful operation.
Last week, four other individuals were arrested for allegedly robbing gold and cash worth ₹3 crores from a Bengaluru jewelry showroom at gunpoint. All 4 had been nabbed in Rajasthan’s Chittorgarh. The daring heist occurred at one Priyadarshini Jewelers, located along 14th Cross, JP Nagar 1st Phase, on a Sunday night.
Both the store owner and the police allege that it was the handiwork of two men who had rented a second-floor house in an adjacent building just about a month ago. A senior police officer said that the heist was carried out by at least five people, two of whom had rented the house in the adjacent building a month ago by submitting a Delhi address proof.
