Masked gang robs jewellery showroom owner of ₹1.5 crore on Tirunelveli-Kanyakumari National Highway

Police are on the lookout for a masked gang that reportedly robbed a jewellery showroom owner of ₹1.5 crore in cash as he was going to Thiruvananthapuram to purchase jewels. Two cars, which were reportedly following the car of Mr. Ishanth, intercepted his vehicle at Moontradaippu rail over bridge on Tirunelveli-Kanyakumari National Highway and the unidentified persons, who had masked their faces, attacked the car.

Police are on the lookout for a masked gang that reportedly robbed a jewellery showroom owner of ₹1.5 crore in cash as he was going to Thiruvananthapuram to purchase jewels on May 30.

Police said the jewellery showroom owner Ishanth, 40, of Tirunelveli Town, was going in his car to purchase gold ornaments from his supplier in Neyyaatrinkara near Thiruvananthapuram. Two cars, which were reportedly following the car of Mr. Ishanth, intercepted his vehicle at Moontradaippu rail over bridge on Tirunelveli-Kanyakumari National Highway and the unidentified persons, who had masked their faces, attacked the car.

When they, after smashing the windscreens, tried to open the car of Mr. Ishanth in a bid to rob the cash he was carrying, the driver of an omni bus, that arrived at the spot and its passengers alighted in a bid to save the victim.

However, the robbers took control of Mr. Ishanth’s car and escaped with the cash. After reaching Nedunkulam village, they switched to their own car.

While the villagers informed the Nanguneri police, Mr. Ishanth alerted his family members about the robbery. The Nanguneri and Moontradaippu police immediately rushed to the spot and got information from the victim about the robbery.

“Since he is giving contradictory information about the incident and about the quantum of cash reportedly robbed, we cannot conclude immediately that it was a case of robbery... Anyway, we are investigating,” said the police sources.