Four-member gang of jewel thieves nabbed

BANGALORE: A four-member gang ,who on the pretext of polishing gold jewellery, conned several homemakers in the city and elsewhere in the state, were nabbed on Friday. Police recovered 1.4kg gold jewellery , worth Rs 40 lakh, from them.
The suspects, Pappu Kumar alias Pappu alias PK Don, 32, Bipin Kumar Saha, 21, and Romi Kumar alias Romi, 19, all from Bhagalpur district, and Sanjay Kumar , alias Sanjay Saha, from Khagariya district in Bihar , were involved in 20 cases reported in the city, and three more from Mandya and Mysore districts.
“We have definite clues that they belong to an inter-state gang and found that similar offences were reported from Mumbai, Chennai, Delhi and other places. We are verifying their involvement in these cases,” said DCP (West) SN Sidramappa.
ACP (Kengeri Gate) Ismail Sherief said the gang would approach lonely women, especially homemakers , on the pretext of polishing their gold jewellery. “They would ask the woman to bring a pressure cooker , fill it with some water, and put their jewellery in it. After spreading turmeric powder, they would ask the women to boil the water. As the cooker cooled, they would ask for tea, coffee or water. When the victim went into the kitchen to fetch it, they would pocket the jewellery and flee the house,” he said.