Rs 3 crore worth gold stolen from jewellery store

Vijayawada: In a major

theft

, around Rs 3 crore worth of

gold

ornaments weighing seven kilograms was stolen from Rahul Jewellers in Jai Hind Complex at Governorpet police station limits in the city.

According to Governorpet police, the incident could have happened a couple of days ago and came to light on Tuesday after the shop owners realised that around two boxes of gold jewellery were missing. Upon receiving information, cops reached the spot and examined the scene with a clues team.

Cops suspect that the shop clerk Harsha, a resident of Krishna Lanka area, could have stolen the jewellery. Harsha, who was hired around a year ago, has not turned up for work over the last two days and hasn’t picked up his phone either. Cops sent two teams to find Harsha at his residence and other places.

Cops said that they are gathering CCTV evidence from the shop and surrounding areas to track the accused and are also looking into other gold jewellery assets to check if anymore gold jewellery is stolen. A case has been registered at Governorpet police station.