Car in jewellery robbery seized in Karnataka

KOZHIKODE: Police have seized the car used by the robbers who stole jewellery and cash worth Rs 16 lakh from Rajadhani Jewellery at Hosangadi in Kasaragod after attacking the watchman in the early hours of Monday.
Ullal police in Karnataka seized 7kg of silver ornaments and around Rs 2 lakh from the Innova car which they took into custody. Manjeswaram police said that the car was seized by Ullal police after the accused abandoned their vehicle on knowing about the vehicle checks being conducted by the police on the highway.It is suspected that the accused had fled in another vehicle with the remaining ornaments and cash.
Kasaragod deputy superintendent of police P Balakrishnan said that a police team from Kasaragod had gone to Karnataka to search and nab the accused. Police said that the accused had rented the car from Suratkal.
Now, police have identified the key members of the gang who hail from Karnataka and have also retrieved CCTV visuals of the accused decamping with the jewellery.
The seven-member gang had robbed 14kg of silver jewellery and Rs 4 lakh along with a number of watches from Rajadhani Jewellers. The gang wearing masks attacked the watchman Abdulla and tied him up before entering the shop. The injured watchman is undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Mangaluru.
The jewellery store had 5kg of gold ornaments kept inside a safe and the robbers had tried to break it open, but they failed.