BENGALURU: KR Puram police arrested three men for stealing 196gm of gold ornaments, 1.7kg of silver articles and Rs 22,000 in cash from a jeweller’s house. The probe revealed that the accused committed the theft after collecting information from a domestic help working in the complainant’s house. However, the domestic help was unaware that the information would be used for theft.
Chaudhary Chellaram (45) from Rajasthan, residing in Anandapura on TC Palya Main Road, filed a complaint on February 20, stating that he had gone to Pune to attend a wedding, while his wife and two children remained in Bengaluru and had gone shopping in the morning. When they returned home in the afternoon, they found the front door of the house open and their gold jewellery, silver articles and Rs 4.9 lakh in cash kept in a bedroom cupboard was stolen.
Police took T Kailas Kedariya (30) and S Gopal (29), both cloth merchants from Jalora taluk in Rajasthan, into custody. The accused confessed during interrogation that they, along with Nagendra Sahani (36), a vegetable trader in Mumbai who was from Uttar Pradesh and Uttam Singh from Rajasthan committed the theft. The two accused were brought to Bengaluru on a transit warrant. Police arrested Sahani from Mau district in Uttar Pradesh.
The stolen silver ornaments were kept at a cloth shop of one of the accused located at Doddakannelli in Bellandur. Police are yet to arrest Uttam Singh, the main accused in the case. The domestic help was staying with Uttam Singh and both were from Rajasthan. Singh was gathering information about the complainant, his family members and the business from the domestic help without giving him any hint about the plan.
“Singh along with the other accused hatched a plot to steal the ornaments. When police intensified investigations Singh escaped. There are no previous cases against any of the accused,” said an officer. All valuables and cash worth around Rs 40 lakh were recovered from the accused.