A Special Police team arrested a youth from North India, who fled with gold ornaments worth Rs.33 lakh from a jewellery working unit in the city. Commissioner of Police Balakrishnan congratulated the Special team for the breakthrough arrest.
Coimbatore: Piyush is the owner of a gold jewellery workshop in the R. S Puram area of the city. He designs and supplies jewellery to customers. The gold jewellery unit has employed workers from North and North-eastern states, including West Bengal.
Saddam Hussain, a native of West Bengal, who used to collect the gold jewellery from another shop handed over it to the designing workshop as part of his duties.
In this scenario, Saddam Hussein who collected 621.660 grams of gold jewellery from the finishing workshop did not handover over it to the designing workshop.
The owner of the workshop, Piyush, though called Saddam Hussein on his mobile but did not get any reply as his phone was
switched off.
Saddam Hussein had not returned to his room either and only his belongings were found there.
On enquiry with friends, it was revealed that Saddam Hussein had never returned to the room where he was staying.
Following this Piyush lodged a complaint with R S Puram police station, saying that the worker had escaped with 621.660 grams of gold ornaments worth about Rs 33 lakhs.
Based on the orders of the City Police Commissioner Balakrishnan, a special team led by Assistant Commissioner Ravi, and SI Prabhu, SSI Krishnamurthy, Head Constable Thirunavukkarasu and others, launched an intensive manhunt for the culprit.
The police have found that the worker Saddam Hussain was hiding in a village in the Narjul Nagar area of North West Bengal.
The police team boarded the flight and reached West Bengal from where Saddam Hussain was arrested within six hours of receiving the information.
Gold jewellery worth around Rs 33 lakh was also recovered from him.
Commissioner of Police Balakrishnan congratulated the Special team who secured the accused in a swift operation.
Saddam Hussain, a native of West Bengal, who used to collect the gold jewellery from another shop handed over it to the designing workshop as part of his duties.
In this scenario, Saddam Hussein who collected 621.660 grams of gold jewellery from the finishing workshop did not handover over it to the designing workshop.
The owner of the workshop, Piyush, though called Saddam Hussein on his mobile but did not get any reply as his phone was
switched off.
Saddam Hussein had not returned to his room either and only his belongings were found there.
On enquiry with friends, it was revealed that Saddam Hussein had never returned to the room where he was staying.
Following this Piyush lodged a complaint with R S Puram police station, saying that the worker had escaped with 621.660 grams of gold ornaments worth about Rs 33 lakhs.
Based on the orders of the City Police Commissioner Balakrishnan, a special team led by Assistant Commissioner Ravi, and SI Prabhu, SSI Krishnamurthy, Head Constable Thirunavukkarasu and others, launched an intensive manhunt for the culprit.
The police have found that the worker Saddam Hussain was hiding in a village in the Narjul Nagar area of North West Bengal.
The police team boarded the flight and reached West Bengal from where Saddam Hussain was arrested within six hours of receiving the information.
Gold jewellery worth around Rs 33 lakh was also recovered from him.
Commissioner of Police Balakrishnan congratulated the Special team who secured the accused in a swift operation.