CHENNAI: The Tiruvallur police have arrested a financial institution employee and two of his accomplices for Sunday night’s heist of gold jewelry value Rs nine.three crore at a Bank of India department in Tiruvallur city.
Investigators on Tuesday said they'd seized the gold embellishes from the suspects. Special teams led by way of Tiruvallur superintendent of police Sibi Chakravarthy discovered that the burglars had used duplicate keys to get previous shutters at the access to the department.
During questioning of 8 workers, the police discovered that an workplace assistant, Viswanathan, was in charge of locking up the department at the shut of each operating day. “Viswanathan admitted to the burglary,” a senior police officer said. “He said Jai Ganesh, a cashier at a grocery store at the ground flooring of the three-storey building, and his friend Gowtham carried out the crime.”
One of Viswanathan’s day by day duties was to ensure a 1.5ft-thick iron door to a powerful room was securely closed.
On Friday night time, he left it unlocked prior to turning in the keys to the manager, claiming he had locked all the doors.
“He additionally switched off CCTV cameras and burglar alarms prior to leaving,” the officer said.
Investigators matched fingerprints from the crime scene with Viswanathan’s and those of his accomplices. The suspects crammed the loot in three baggage and concealed them at the terrace of the building.
Investigators on Tuesday said they'd seized the gold embellishes from the suspects. Special teams led by way of Tiruvallur superintendent of police Sibi Chakravarthy discovered that the burglars had used duplicate keys to get previous shutters at the access to the department.
During questioning of 8 workers, the police discovered that an workplace assistant, Viswanathan, was in charge of locking up the department at the shut of each operating day. “Viswanathan admitted to the burglary,” a senior police officer said. “He said Jai Ganesh, a cashier at a grocery store at the ground flooring of the three-storey building, and his friend Gowtham carried out the crime.”
One of Viswanathan’s day by day duties was to ensure a 1.5ft-thick iron door to a powerful room was securely closed.
On Friday night time, he left it unlocked prior to turning in the keys to the manager, claiming he had locked all the doors.
“He additionally switched off CCTV cameras and burglar alarms prior to leaving,” the officer said.
Investigators matched fingerprints from the crime scene with Viswanathan’s and those of his accomplices. The suspects crammed the loot in three baggage and concealed them at the terrace of the building.
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