Sylvester Dsouza
Daijiworld Media Network – Kundapur (EP)
Kundapur, Aug 20: As robberies have increased in Kundapur, incidents of robberies in four jewellery shops in a complex have occurred on Monday August 19 night. The thieves have also entered an Ayurvedic shop and a newspaper office and decamped with several lacs worth of items and cash.
The images of two people involved in the robbery are captured in the CC camera and there is no information of the others. The robbers who entered the third floor of Kundapur’s famous 'Popular' building have broken open the door, entered the shop of Guruprasad Shet jewellery making workshop and stolen the cash and items in it. They have then entered the machine cutting workshop of Navin Achar and taken away goods from there.
They also entered a newspaper office next to it and taken away currency notes kept under the glass on the table. They have also entered an ayurvedic shop and taken away Rs 5,000 from the drawer and a mobile phone from there. They then entered a shop belonging to Dinesh Achar involved in work of diamond and precious stones and have robbed valuable gold and diamonds. The robbers who have gone to Swapna jewelers workshop next to Popular buildings which employs five workers after it have decamped with gold jewellery from there too.
The CC camera at the shop of Dinesh Achar has captured the pictures of two robbers. The robbers have entered the shop at 4:13 am by breaking open the door. One of them is suspected to be 26 years old and the other one may be 40 to 50 years old. It is suspected that the robbers are unaware of CC camera in the shop and illiterate as they had entered the newspaper and ayurvedic shop though their targets were jewellery shops.
The robbers captured in the camera do not appear to be locals and suspected to have knowledge of jewellery work. They have taken the dust under the carpets in the jewellery shops which show that they may be involved in the work of separating gold from mud.
The Udupi dog squad and finger print experts arrived at the spot and the investigation is on. Kundapur Dy Sp Yashoda S Vantagodi, circle inspector Manjunatha Kauri, crime branch sub inspector Revathi and staff inspected the place and registered a police case.