Heist bid: Ex-soldier had opened fire in Bengaluru jewellery shop

BENGALURU: A former solider has been identified as the gun-wielding man who had fired a shot in the robbery bid at a jewellery shop in Vyalikaval on Wednesday.

J Balvan Singh, 24, of Haryana, who has served with the Army, had shot at the ceiling in Samrat Jewels, police said. Singh and three others, Balaji Ramesh Gaikwad, J Sriram Bishnoi and J Om Prakash were arrested within just seven hours of the incident.


Rakhi Jain, wife of jewellery shop owner Ashish Kumar Jain, had hurled a chair at Balvan, forcing him and his associates to flee.

Investigation revealed a few years ago, Balvan was shot in the stomach by his neighbour in Haryana over property issues. “He survived the attack and returned to the Army, where he was rejected on the grounds that he wasn’t physically fit. Arguing that he should receive compensation in the form of salary till the age of retirement, Balvan is fighting a legal

battle

against the Army,” police said.