Mangalore: Rajasthan man arrested for stealing 3.6 kg gold

Daijiworld Media Network – Mangalore

Mangalore, Aug 19: Mangalore police with the help of their Rajasthan counterparts have successfully arrested a person who looted 3.6 kg of gold worth about one crore rupees two weeks ago.

The arrested is identified as Sagar Gehlot from Pali in Rajasthan. He was residing in Mangalore.

He was working as an assistant to Hasmukh Kimraz from Mumbai, who is currently residing in the city.

Hasmukh is into manufacturing gold jewellery. He collects ornaments from various jewellery stores in Mangalore and sends it to Mumbai, where he makes different designs of jewellery and returns them to the stores.

On August 5, Hasmukh asked Sagar to keep 3.6 kg of gold collected from Bantwal in his house. Taking advantage of the opportunity, Sagar brought the gold to Mangalore and on the next day, he fled from the city with the gold.

Hasmukh who had lost the gold, filed a complaint with Bunder police. The complaint also stated that there might be a possibility of miscreants kidnapping Sagar for gold.

Even as Bunder police were planning to catch Sagar, Rajasthan police had taken him into custody over there and passed on the information to Mangalore police.

The city police who had left for Rajasthan, arrested and brought him back to the city.

Further investigations are on.