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Jewellery store staff flees with 27 sovereign gold in Chennai

Police said that Dinesh of Kodambakkam has been running a gold jewellery store in Kumaran Nagar

DTNEXT Bureau

CHENNAI: City police have launched a hunt for a former staff of a jewellery showroom who allegedly escaped with 27 sovereign gold jewellery from the showroom in Kodambakkam.

Police said that Dinesh of Kodambakkam has been running a gold jewellery store in Kumaran Nagar.

The showroom owner found that stock worth a few lakhs were missing. On Monday, he checked the CCTV footage and found one of his staff sneaking the jewellery pieces.

The staff, Kuldeep Singh had joined work only a few months ago and did not report to work for the past few days, police said.

Based on Dinesh’s complaint, Kumaran Nagar police have registered a case and are investigating.

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