THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: In a major midnight heist, gold reportedly weighing about two kilograms was robbed from a jewellery owner while he was returning home from his shop at Chalai market on Thursday.
The gold belonging to Vaishnavi jewellery owned by Maharashtra natives was stolen when one of the owners was carrying gold in a bag to his home at Valiyasala by 11 pm.
The gold was snatched away by a gang that came in a bike, while CCTV visuals showed another bike-borne gang roaming closeby, indicating that multiple men were involved in the snatching that occurred in the commercial hub of the capital city.
City Police Commissioner Arul R B Krishna said the assailants could have kept a close watch on the owner and tracked his movement.
The incident occurred at Sabhavathy Kovil lane. The jewellery mostly deals with melting of gold that are brought from other jewelleries.
The owners initially gave contradictory statements regarding the quantity of gold that was robbed, but later put it as about two kilograms.
The city police have launched an extensive exercise to crack the case.