Uttarakhand / Haldwani: Jewelry worth ₹1 crore stolen; thieves stayed next door and conducted reconnaissance for 40 days without anyone noticing

Thieves have stolen jewelry worth approximately 1 crore rupees from Radhika Jewelers shop at Mukhanai Chowk in Haldwani, Nainital. The culprits rented the shop next door, broke through the wall, and then burgled the jewelry shop. The police are investigating the matter.

In the Mukhanai police station area, thieves looted a jewelry shop, making off with crores of rupees worth of jewelry. The incident came to light when the shop owner arrived at the shop in the morning, as usual. He immediately informed the police. Upon receiving the information, the City Circle Officer (CO) arrived at the scene, and a forensic team began collecting evidence.

According to reports, there is a shop named Radhika Jewelers at Kusumkheda Chowk. On Friday evening, the shop owner, Navneet Sharma, closed the shop and went home. The shop remained closed on Saturday. When he arrived at the shop on Sunday morning and opened the shutter, he found everything scattered inside. The silver and gold ornaments kept in the showcase were missing. The thieves had attempted to cut open the safe with a gas cutter, but they were unsuccessful. As soon as the Mukhanai police received information about the incident, there was a flurry of activity. Station Officer Sushil Joshi and his team immediately reached the spot and started the investigation.

Thieves entered the jewelry shop by breaking through the wall: At Radhika Jewelers, the thieves stole approximately 25 kg of silver and 300 grams of gold ornaments. To carry out the theft, the thieves entered through a shop under construction next door, cut through the wall, and then committed the crime in the jewelry shop.

Forensic team deployed: The Mukhanai police have launched an investigation into the theft of approximately one crore rupees worth of jewelry from Radhika Jewelers. A forensic team is at the scene collecting evidence. CCTV footage from the area around the shop is also being examined. The landlord had rented out the adjacent shop: The shop whose wall was broken through by the thieves to gain entry into the jewelry shop had been rented out by its owner to some people for the past 40 days without any background check. One month’s rent had been paid to the shop owner. The accused had claimed they were setting up a clothing showroom in the shop. Surprisingly, the landlord does not have the tenants’ phone numbers or Aadhaar cards. All of them have fled the scene.

SP City Manoj Katyal stated that thieves committed a robbery at a jewelry shop in the Mukhan area. The jewelry shop owner has not yet filed a complaint. The matter is being investigated, and the accused will be arrested soon.