Overview
- The arrests follow the theft of gold and cash worth Rs 4.07 crore from Jalichand Jewellers in Parel earlier this month.
- Police identified the primary suspect as employee Jeetu Nawaram Chaudhary, who allegedly removed the valuables between the afternoon of September 8 and the morning of September 9.
- Two alleged accomplices, Kamlesh Wagharam Chaudhary and Bharatkumar Otaram Chaudhary, were detained in Rajasthan, with all three natives of Pali district.
- Bhoiwada police and Mumbai Crime Branch Unit 4 ran parallel probes and tracked the suspects to Sadada village in Bali taluka using technical leads and local informers.
- Officials say roughly 70 percent of the haul has been recovered, the trio is in police custody in Mumbai, and a case is registered under relevant BNS sections.