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In a shocking day-light dacoity, a pack of 5 masked men barged into a jewellery store successful Hunsur municipality connected December 28 and looted golden valuables astatine gunpoint.
The 5 accused, who reached the jewellery store connected 2 motorcycles astatine astir 2 p.m., entered the jewellery store situated successful the municipality wielding a weapon and threatened the 7 to 8 employees contiguous successful the shop.
According to Deputy Inspector General of Police (Southern Range) Boralingaiah, who visited the spot, the dacoits threatened the employees and enactment the golden jewellery successful a container earlier fleeing.
The nonstop magnitude of golden jewellery that was looted is yet to beryllium verified. However, helium said a “few kilograms” of golden jewellery were taken distant by the looters.
A CCTV camera installed connected the premises of the jewellery store has captured visuals of the robbery. Police officials are verifying the footage.
The jewellery shop’s manager, who was distant for luncheon erstwhile the dacoits struck, returned portion the accused were making a getaway. Eyewitnesses said the dacoits fired 1 circular successful the aerial earlier fleeing from the spot.
Police officials are besides interacting with employees, who were threatened by the dacoits, to stitchery arsenic overmuch accusation arsenic imaginable astir the accused.
The jewellery shop, which opened successful April this year, has 4 partners and besides has branches successful Virajpet and Kannur successful Kerala.
The jewellery store is housed successful a recently built commercialized analyzable which does not person galore tenants. The constabulary is besides verifying whether the store absorption had posted capable backstage security, but said their contiguous purpose is to hint the accused and retrieve the looted gold.
Superintendent of Mysuru territory constabulary N. Vishnuvardhan besides visited the spot.
