5 arrested for robbing Bengaluru jewellery store, fleeing with gold worth Rs 50 lakh
Announcing the arrests on Tuesday, Seemanth Kumar Singh, Police Commissioner, Bengaluru, identified them as Narayan Lal, 43, Keeraram, 35, Pushpendra Singh, 35, Mahendra Gehlot, 27, and Dilip Kumar, 36. All the accused have been presented before court and remanded in judicial custody.
The commissioner said the accused used knives to intimidate a staff member at the store. According to the police, on May 9, the owner of Bhavani Jewellers left the jewellery shop to have his lunch, leaving an employee at the counter. Around 4 pm, two men entered the shop and threatened the employee with knives before taking 41 gold chains.
The police relied on CCTV footage and other evidence to track down the accused and arrest them. Officers said Narayan sold phenyl in Kengeri. He had collected details of the jewellery shop located in Seegehalli and met Mahendra, who ran a grocery store in Kengeri. The two decided to rob the store and approached the people from Rajasthan who were doing odd jobs in the city.
After the robbery, the accused sold the jewellery to one Dilip Kumar in Rajasthan, investigators added.
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