Three of inter-State gang arrested, gold worth ₹2.10 crore and ₹4.8 lakh in cash recovered
The arrested men are mastermind Farooq Ahmad Malik, Ayodhya Prasad Chavan and Sohail Shaikh.
Farooq Malik is a native of Dadpur in Hooghly district of West Bengal. He has been residing in Kalaburagi for the past few years working as a goldsmith. Before shifting to Karnataka, he worked in a jewellery showroom in Dubai and specialized in designer Turkish jewellery.
Accused Ayodhya Prasad Chavan hails from Kansona village in North 24 Paraganss district of West Bengal. He was in clothes business in Mumbai for the last 15 years. He has a track record of 17 robbery cases.
Accused Sohail Shaikh is a tailor from Patra Chawl in Mumbai. He is also wanted in two robbery cases.
Police Commissioner Sharanappa S. Dhage, addressing presspersons here on Monday, shared details of the accused and how they committed the robbery.
Farooq, who suffered a loss in business, hatched a conspiracy with Ayodhya Prasad and invited him to be a part of the heist. Further, Ayodhya Prasad involved his accomplice Sohail Shaikh in the crime and they traveled all the way from Mumbai to Kalaburagi to join Farooq in the heist.
During interrogation, it was revealed that the accused hatched the plan 25 days before the crime which was put into motion on July 11 at 12.15 p.m. when the group of masked and armed individuals, wielding a toy gun and knives barged into the goldsmith's workshop and looted gold jewellery.
Dr. Dhage said that five teams were formed to arrest the accused. These teams visited several districts in Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal in the last 10 days.
Two of the accused were arrested from West Bengal and the third one from Mumbai, while two other accused are absconding, he said.
He, however, refused to reveal how the police got initial leads that helped them reach the accused.
The owner of Malik Jewellers, where the heist happened, Sibghatullah Malik, hails from Prasadpur village in Hooghly district of West Bengal.
Interestingly, both the victim and the main accused are in goldsmithy business and they are native of Hooghly district in West Bengal.
Responding to a query, Dr. Dhage said that the victim initially spoke of being robbed of 2 kg to 3 kg of gold, but in the complaint he has mentioned that only 850 grams of gold was lost in the robbery.
He may be holding unaccounted for gold. The police will inquire into this matter with him, the officer added.
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