Jewellery shop employee arrested for fleeing with gold chains worth Rs 33.5 lakh in Bengaluru

Bengaluru: The Bharathi Nagar police have arrested a 23-year-old man for allegedly cheating a jewellery shop. He pretended to be the owner and took away gold chains.

The accused, Dharmveer Singh alias Pintu, had been absconding for five months, police said. Pintu, a native of Rajasthan, was working at a jewellery shop on Masjid Road.

According to the police, Pintu was tasked with transporting gold ornaments between shops and was familiar with jewellery exchange procedures.

Taking advantage of the shop owner’s absence — as he had travelled to Hyderabad — Pintu allegedly approached another shop claiming to represent the owner and collected seven gold chains. He later fled to Rajasthan with the ornaments.

Acting on a tip-off, the police apprehended Pintu and recovered 239 grams of gold ornaments worth Rs 33.5 lakh from his possession.