Karimnagar police crack armed robbery case, robbers use downloaded map to flee through internal roads

Almost 11 days aft the equipped robbery astatine PMJ jewellery showroom successful Karimnagar, the Karimnagar constabulary cracked the sensational lawsuit by arresting 3 members of the notorious Bihar-based Subodh Singh gang. Those arrested person been identified arsenic 41-year-old Raghunath Karmakar of West Bengal, 23-year-old Ravish Kumar alias Pradyuman of Bihar and 32-year-old Mehatab Khan, a SIM paper seller from Bihar.

The constabulary identified each the 13 members of the pack including those who provided logistic enactment and receivers of the stolen golden jewellery.

The golden jewellery heist astatine the jewellery store connected May 3 hogged headlines arsenic the equipped robbers opened occurrence connected 4 employees of the shop, injuring them earlier fleeing with stolen golden jewellery worthy astir ₹82 lakhs. Multiple teams of constabulary fanned retired to Bihar, Maharashtra and West Bengal soon aft the robbery.

Presenting the 3 arrested members of the gang earlier the media present connected Thursday (May 14, 2026), Karimnagar Police Commissioner Gaush Alam said the elaborate probe into the lawsuit revealed that Subodh Singh, a notorious Bihar-based gangster, known arsenic ‘Golden thief’, masterminded the robbery. He is presently lodged successful a jailhouse and efforts are connected to instrumentality him into custody for questioning connected PT warrant. Our teams are inactive connected the lookout for the remaining accused who are absconding, helium added. The constabulary seized ₹51,000 successful cash, 2 mobile phones and 2 SIM cards from the arrested trio.

The pack executed the robbery successful a well-planned mode by conducting recce 2 months successful advance, stayed successful backstage lodges successful Peddapalli and Dharmapuri utilizing fake Aadhaar cards and utilized 2 motorcycles with fake fig plates, the constabulary Commissioner said.

Pistols procured from handlers

Five members of the pack procured the pistols from their handlers a time earlier the robbery and opened occurrence successful panic during the golden heist erstwhile the 4 brave employees of the jewellery store tried to overpower them. The 4 unit members sustained non-fatal slug injuries.

The robbers utilized a pre-downloaded representation connected their mobile phones and fled towards Dharmapuri connected 2 motorcycles done interior roads to evade constabulary apprehension soon aft the robbery.

Phone and motorcycles

A smashed mobile telephone and 1 of the motorcycles, which they abandoned adjacent the banks of the Godavari astatine Dharmapuri, provided invaluable clues that led to a breakthrough successful the case.

The inter-State pack operated successful a blase mode to evade arrest. They divided into abstracted teams earlier heading towards antithetic predetermined directions.

He appreciated the constabulary teams for their swift and coordinated enactment nether the wide supervision of the constabulary apical brass successful cracking the sensational equipped robbery case.