Overview

• On July 11, four armed men struck goldsmith Moti’s workshop in Kalaburagi’s Saraf Bazaar, binding and gagging him before fleeing with nearly 3 kg of gold.
• In Dhakoli, Mohali, on July 12 two men held a shop owner’s father hostage and looted about 2 kg of gold, 15 kg of silver and ₹20,000 in cash, removing CCTV DVRs to erase evidence.
• Kalaburagi Police Commissioner S. D. Sharanappa has deployed five dedicated teams to hunt down the suspects in the latest gold theft.
• SP Jaswinder Singh Gill confirmed Mohali investigators are combing nearby CCTV footage to trace the bike-borne robbers.
• Jewelers nationwide are urged to bolster security measures as law enforcement steps up interstate coordination to curb these coordinated daytime raids.