This story is from February 7, 2021

Jewellery worth Rs 90 lakh looted in Bihar's Bhagalpur

Four bike-borne criminals looted jewellery worth around Rs90 lakh from the employees of a jewellery shop in Sujaganj market area of the town on Saturday morning. Jeweller Vishal Anand lodged an FIR with Kotwali police station in this connection.
Jewellery worth Rs 90 lakh looted in Bihar's Bhagalpur
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BHAGALPUR: Four bike-borne criminals looted jewellery worth around Rs90 lakh from the employees of a jewellery shop in Sujaganj market area of the town on Saturday morning. Jeweller Vishal Anand lodged an FIR with Kotwali police station in this connection.
Bhagalpur SSP Natasha Gudia told this newspaper that a special investigation team (SIT) has been formed to investigate the case.
“We will get important lead in the case and recover the looted articles very soon,” she said.
City ASP Puran Jha said Anand’s staff Abhishek had brought the consignment from Kolkata by Howrah-Jamalpur Super Express at 6am. Anand’s another employee, Babu Saheb, had gone to the railway station on a bike to receive Abhishek. When the two reached near the Variety Chowk, four armed criminals on two other bikes intercepted them, snatched the bag containing about 1.85kg of gold jewellery and sped away.
Jha said the employees were carrying the consignment to Anand’s jewellery shop. When asked whether there was any valid document of the jewellery, the ASP said police will ask Anand for that, but they were focused on recovering the jewellery first. He said the jeweller has mentioned the specific amount.
The jeweller did not respond to several phone calls and WhatsApp messages.
Kotwali police questioned Vishal and his staff. They were also screening the CCTV camera footages of the nearby and the main market areas.
Police sources said the criminals involved in the loot must have specific information about the consignment and some insider could also be involved in the loot.
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