In the biggest ever robbery in a jewelry shop in Madhya Pradesh in recent times, burglars on Thursday broke into a showroom in Katni by drilling its nine-inch-thick rear wall and decamped with golds and diamonds worth Rs 12-15 crore.
The theft in a local jewelry shop in district headquarters of Katni was discovered when the staff opened the showroom at around 11 am to find display counters and safes in disarray, police said.
The manager alerted the showroom owner’s family about it.
According to the showroom owner Mohan Bajaj, preliminary estimates of the stock may run to around Rs 12-15 crore.
The exact value of the stolen items could be known after verification of the accounts.
He said that the entire showroom was virtually cleaned out by the burglars.
The showroom had a watchman and CCTV cameras and an alarm system have been installed around the premises.
Despite this, the thieves managed to break into the showroom and decamp with the jewellery, he said.
Katni district superintendent of police Abhinav Vishwakarma inspected the spot and said that the theft may have occurred between four am to seven am and the burglars entered the showroom by drilling the rear wall.
The police suspected that the alarm system might have been tampered with by the thieves after entering into the showroom to make it dysfunctional.
The CCTV cameras were seized by the police to examine the footage for a clue that may lead to the arrest of the burglars.
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