Police said that the jewellery worth almost ₹12 crore was allegedly stolen from a showroom in Madhya Pradesh’s Katni after the robbers managed to break down a wall and the safe and display counters.
It was discovered on Thursday when employees arrived at the showroom and discovered that the safe and a number of display counters had been broken open. Mohan Bajaj, the show room owner, told the reporters there’s jewellery worth ₹12 crore to ₹15 crore kept at the shop and around ₹12 crore worth of jewellery was allegedly missing.
A detailed audit of showroom records would give a detailed valuation of the stolen jewellery, police said.
During the initial probe, Superintendent of Police Abhinav Vishwakarma visited the scene of the crime and said that the preliminary investigation had indicated that the heist occurred between 4 am and 7 am on 12th November.
In respect of this theft, the police suggest that it may have been well planned because there was a hole in the wall in the showroom through which they entered. Once the intruders were in they allegedly forayed through the safe and display counters.
The police has obtained images on video from CCTV cameras set up at the showroom. The footage from cameras on roads in the vicinity, markets and other important spots are also being checked to trace the suspects and their getaway.
A forensic team and also fingerprint experts collected evidence from the website consisting of lots of samples from the damaged wall, safe and display counters.
Police have also set up several teams to investigate the incident, with them continuing to sift through the jewellery records to help calculate the total amount of money or jewels stolen, along with the exact number of the items.