Gold jewellery worth Rs 1.2 lakh was stolen from DP Jewellers at Malviya Nagar under Jehangirabad police station area on Thursday; a suspect has been narrowed in the CCTV footage and investigation has been started to establish identity of the thief.
Police said that gold chain was stolen from DP Jeweller store in the evening on Thursday when the jewelry was checked before closing the shop.
SHO Jehangirabad police Anil Vajpayee said that the owner of the shop Rishabh Bhandari lodged complaint with the Jehangirabad police and stated that at the time of the closure of the shop it was found that one gold chain weighing 40 gm was missing.
In the initial investigation police have found a customer before the gold chain was stolen and same was spotted in the CCTV footage.
The accused posed as customer and left the shop without shopping any jewellery.
The salesperson on duty at the time of the incident failed to spot the theft and not checked the jewelry before keeping it back in the shelves, he added.
The employees and staff would be questioned as it is possible that someone from the store helped the accused in stealing the gold chain.
After the gold chain was found stolen staff searched for the gold chain in the store and when the staff failed to find it owner was informed.
Based on the complaint after the preliminary investigation the police have registered a case under 380 of the IPC and started further investigation.