Perambur gold heist case: 2 accused nabbed in Bengaluru

CHENNAI: Three weeks after the heist at a jewellery store in Perambur in which at least 8 kg of gold worth Rs 4 crore and other valuables were looted, a special team of City Police on Saturday arrested two persons from Bengaluru.

Police recovered six sovereigns of gold jewellery from them.

The suspects had used a gas cutter to create an opening on the metal shutter of the jewellery shop on Paper Mills road to gain entry.

The shop owner, J Sridhar (36), who runs an establishment in the name of JL Gold Palace in the same building in which he lives with his family had come to open the shop on February 10, when he noticed that his shop was burgled.

The intruders had also taken the hard disk of CCTV cameras installed inside the shop.

Based on a complaint from Sridhar, Thiru Vi Ka police had registered a case and formed special teams to trace the suspects. Police scanned all the access routes to the shop and secured CCTV footages from houses and commercial establishments which will reveal about the identity of the suspects.

"Special teams spread across the country to states like Karnataka, Haryana and Delhi in search of the suspects. After investigations, it was deducted that a six member team from Bengaluru had carried out the heist," Additional Commissioner of Police, T S Anbu said.

A police team which was camping in Bengaluru secured the two suspects - L Gajendran (33) and O Divakar (28) of Doddaballapura in Bengaluru. Police investigations revealed that Gajendran had helped in the welding while Divakar was the driver.

Police sources said that two other gang members Gangadharan and Stephen were arrested by the Bengaluru police in connection with another case. While Gajendran and Divakar will be brought to the city, efforts are on to trace the absconding suspects.

Investigations revealed that the gang had come to the city three days prior to the heist and studied the activities in the neighbourhood before executing the plan.