Manager steals gold from Bengaluru businessman's house, arrested
The arrested individual was identified as Karthik, a resident of Kathriguppe in Banashankari. Karthik stole the valuables on multiple occasions over five years. The businessman, Ashoak Parasrampuriya, 67, a resident of Jayanagar 8th block, buys granite and exports it abroad.
The theft came to light on July 26 when Ashoak's family checked the cupboard to take the ornaments for a function and found many gold ornaments missing.
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Ashoak told police in total, around 2.1kg of gold ornaments and Rs 9 lakh in cash were stolen from his house, and he suspected Karthik and two other women who worked as housekeeping staff.
During the investigation, police inspector Deepak R and his team interrogated Karthik, and he confessed. According to police, Karthik had a set of seven to eight duplicate keys, including one for the cupboard.
Ashoak has an office in a portion of his house.
Karthik has been working for him for the last 20 years. As he behaved well and honestly, Ashoak gave him a set of keys to his house and office.
Karthik used to open the office when Ashoak and his family went to their native Rajasthan and other places to get the house and office cleaned by the housekeeping staff. During this time, he accessed the cupboard and obtained a set of fake keys. He used those keys to open the cupboard and steal ornaments.
He pledged and sold the ornaments to jewellers and gold finance firms and used the money for partying, gambling, and leading a lavish life.
According to police, Karthik claims he stole only the valuables recovered from him and does not know about the remaining ornaments mentioned by his employer. Karthik was remanded to judicial custody.
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