Durg (Chhattisgarh): The Chhattisgarh police on Friday arrested two persons and recovered around 18.5 kg of gold and diamond ornaments in connection with a robbery of jewellery worth over Rs 20 crore from a store in New Delhi, the police said. The two arrested accused have been identified as Lokesh Srivas and Shiva Chandravanshi. Srivas was allegedly involved in seven thefts in Bilaspur, he said.
Acting on a tip-off about the presence of Srivas in Kawardha town of the Kabirdham district of the state, the joint team of the Bilaspur police conducted a raid there on Wednesday and arrested Chandravanshi, along with ornaments worth Rs 23 lakh. But, by that time, Srivas had managed to escape.
The team then tracked down Srivas to a house in the Smritinagar police station area of the Durg district with the help of Durg police. The police recovered Rs 18.5 kg of gold and diamond jewellery and Rs 12.5 lakhs cash from his possession. An investigation revealed that the jewellery worth crores of rupees was stolen from a store in New Delhi. A team of Delhi police has also arrived in Chhattisgarh and further investigation into the matter is underway.
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Bilaspur Civil Line Police Station Town Inspector (TI) Pradeep Arya said, "Robbery was carried out in 10 shops in the Civil Line Police Station area of Bilaspur recently. The footage of the CCTV cameras was scanned. We also searched for the accused in Kawardha. The accused has been arrested from Smritinagar of Durg." "At least 18.5 kg gold and Rs 12.5 lakhs cash have been recovered from the possession of the accused. The accused has carried out robberies in different states," Arya added. (With PTI inputs)
