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Three employees of a jewellery showroom successful Jubilee Hills person been arrested for allegedly stealing golden ornaments weighing much than 76 grams from their workplace implicit respective months.
The accused, Bhukya Shiva Kumar, Vaddaram Prakash and Patri Govardhan, were arrested by the Jubilee Hills constabulary connected Friday, June 19, adjacent the Peddamma Gudi Metro Station successful transportation with a theft lawsuit registered pursuing a ailment from the proprietor of SKT Jewellers connected Road No. 36.
According to the police, the lawsuit came to airy aft banal verification conducted successful March revealed that golden ornaments weighing astir 8.2 grams were missing from the repair conception of the showroom. During a consequent reappraisal successful June, a lawsuit illustration golden concatenation and different golden items weighing astir 30.14 grams were besides recovered missing.
The complainant further informed constabulary that a golden concatenation weighing astir 38 grams had gone missing from the showroom successful July 2025.
During the investigation, constabulary examined CCTV footage and recorded witnesser statements, which allegedly pointed to the engagement of showroom employees. Based connected the grounds collected, officers traced and apprehended the 3 accused.
Police said a golden ringing weighing astir 5.28 grams, suspected to beryllium portion of the stolen property, was recovered from the possession of Shiva Kumar.
Investigators alleged that the accused had stolen golden ornaments connected antithetic occasions portion moving astatine the showroom and aboriginal disposed of the stolen spot done unauthorised channels. The full quantity of golden allegedly stolen successful the lawsuit is astir 76.385 grams.
During questioning, the accused reportedly disclosed that a information of the stolen golden had been sold done a hallmarking centre and to golden dealers successful the Warangal region. Police said efforts are underway to retrieve the remaining stolen spot and place immoderate different persons progressive successful the disposal of the gold.
