Police recover 16 kg of jewellery from graveyard, one arrested
The Hindu
Last week, miscreants robbed a gold retail chain’s showroom on Katpadi Road
A week after the gold heist at a popular jewellery showroom in the heart of Vellore city, the District Police have cracked the case by arresting one person and recovering the entire 16 kg of gold and diamond jewellery, estimated at ₹8 crore, from the graveyard in Odugathur on Monday.
Addressing mediapersons here, AG Babu, DIG (Vellore Range), said that T. K. Raman, 23, a resident of Kuchipalayam village near Pallikonda, was involved in the crime. He has two bike theft cases in Pallikonda police station limits. He was arrested from his rented house in Odugathur village where he had buried the stolen jewellery in the graveyard.
A case has been registered against the suspect by the Vellore North police. “The special police teams integrated both traditional and scientific ways of investigation, including analysing footage of 200 CCTV cameras and tracking previous offenders and their case history,” Mr. Babu, DIG (Vellore Range), told The Hindu.