Worker makes off with gold, diamonds, Rs 3 lakh from jewellery shop in Chandigarh

Tribune News Service

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Chandigarh, June 27

Around one and a half kg of gold, diamonds and Rs 3 lakh were stolen from a goldsmith’s shop in Sector 23 by its employee on the intervening night of June 26 and 27. The suspect intoxicated fellow workers and escaped with the valuables and cash.

According to the police, complainant Anoop Kumar, a resident of Sector 25, reported that he was into the business of jewellery making and had employed five workers, who used to sleep in the shop.

The police said suspect Aakash, a native of West Bengal, threw a birthday party on Saturday night and intoxicated the other employees.

He then took the safe to the washroom where he opened it with the help of a cutter and took all valuables, including one and a half kg of gold, diamonds and cash.

The police said the suspect left his mobile phone at the shop and fled away on a motorcycle. “Before leaving, he locked the room in which the other employees were sleeping and also locked the shutter of the shop,” said a police official.

The incident came to light in the morning when the employees found that they were locked from outside and Aakash was missing. The police were informed, who visited the spot. A police team was rushed to the Ambala railway station in search of the suspect. The police said the footage of CCTV cameras installed at various toll plazas would be checked.

A case under Sections 328 (causing hurt by means of poison, etc) and 406 (criminal breach of trust) of the IPC has been registered at the Sector 17 police station.

How he went about it

• According to the police, complainant Anoop Kumar, a resident of Sector 25, reported that he was into the business of jewellery making and had employed five workers, who used to sleep in the shop.
• Suspect Aakash (in pic), a native of West Bengal, threw a birthday party on Saturday night and intoxicated other employees.
• He then took the safe to the washroom where he opened it with the help of a cutter and took all valuables, including one and a half kg of gold, diamonds and cash.