7 arrested in jewellery store burglary case

NASHIK: The city police on Thursday nabbed seven miscreants, including a woman, involved in the burglary of gold and diamond jewellery over Rs 1.79 crore at the Tanishq showroom, Mahatma Nagar, in the wee hours of Wednesday.
The seven accused are identified as Rajani Jagdish Jaiswal alias Rajani Shiva Bagul (23) – an ex-employee of the store, Navdeep Mahendrasingh Marva (43), Daljitsingh Gurudevsingh Bagda (19), Ashok Avhade (21), Kisan Savlaram Baste (50), Pravin Suresh Dusane (40), and Prashan Kharote.Officials claimed that the accused had planned the burglary about a month ago. They also pointed out that Rajani is an ex-employee at the Tanishq showroom and was now working for Navdeep.
DCP Sahebrao Patil of Zone 1 said the break-in was committed despite two armed security men deployed at the main entrance of the showroom. The accused, however, entered the store from its rear entrance with the help of Ashok Avhade, who works at the store and had complete knowledge of the same.
While the safe they carried with them had jewellery worth Rs 14.65 lakh, the accused also took away 349 gold bangles, weighing about 5.177kgs.