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Mangaluru: The Mangaluru police, on Monday, arrested three suspects involved in the daylight robbery at the KC Road branch of the Kotekar Vyavasaya Seva Sahakari Sangha Niyamitha, near Padmaneri village in Tirunelveli of Tamil Nadu.
Mangaluru commissioner of police Anupam Agrawal said the arrested are Murugandi Thevar (36) from Tirunelveli, Yosuva Rajendran (35) from Dombivili west, Mumbai, and Kannan Mani (36) from Chembur, Mumbai.
During the operation, police seized the get-away car used in the crime, two pistols with three live rounds, machetes and a part of the stolen cash and gold ornaments.
According to the complaint filed with the police, valuables worth Rs 4 crore (cash and gold ornaments) were stolen by four armed men wearing masks, between 1 pm and 1.20 pm on January 17. The exact value of the recovered items will be confirmed after the mahazar, the commissioner said.
Agrawal said multiple teams had been formed to investigate the case. Efforts are on to trace other suspects involved in the case, he said.
“When the incident occurred, it was a blind case as there was no CCTV footage or clear evidence, which posed a significant challenge. However, our teams worked tirelessly and travelled to Mumbai and Tamil Nadu, gathering information,” Agarwal said.
A Maharashtra-registered car was used in the crime. Murugandi drove the car from Mumbai to Mangaluru and then travelled to Tamil Nadu via Kerala.
Valuables were seized from two gunny bags during the operation. He said the suspects would be interrogated on whether local people were also involved in the robbery.