This Article is From Oct 26, 2013

Stolen jewellery worth Rs 10 crore recovered from Ranchi shop

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Ranchi: Stolen jewellery worth around Rs 10 crore has been recovered from the water tank on the roof of a shop where the heist took place, police said today.

Rs 12.25 crore worth of gold jewellery was stolen from Aanand Jewellers shop and a big part of the stolen jewellery has now been recovered.

Acting on a tip-off, a police team recovered the jewellery Friday night. No one has been arrested so far.

According to police, a dispute took place among the robbers over sharing the loot. The robbers dumped a large part of the jewellery in the water tank and decided to take it away later.

The shop was closed October 12-13 due to Durga Puja. When the shop was opened on October 14, the shop owner was shocked to find that the shop had been burgled.

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Police said the criminals had struck at the shop by cutting grills and they also took away the CCTV cameras.


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