Gold jewellery worth lakhs of rupees was stolen from Bhawna Jewellers at Kolar on Sunday; two suspects have been narrowed down in the CCTV footage and investigation has been started to establish identity of the thief after a complaint was made by the victim on Monday.
Police said that four pairs of gold earrings were stolen from DP Jeweller store in the afternoon and when the jewelry was checked after the accused left the shop.
Complaint was lodged by Ashok who works as manager with the shop he stated that in the afternoon two persons came and asked for silver lockets of alphabet shapes.
Ashok provided the box having silver lockets with alphabet shapes and the same box having gold earrings. After sometime the two left the shop without buying anything which made Ashok suspicious and he checked the box and in the box four pairs of gold earrings were not found.
He checked the store and after he failed to find it he informed the owner and later lodged a complaint with the police. In the initial investigation police have found two customers before the gold earrings were stolen and the same was spotted in the CCTV footage.
Based on the complaint after the preliminary investigation the police have registered a case under 380 of the IPC and started further investigation.