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Drunken revelation to bar girl nails Virar jewellery robbers

A filmy-style theft of gold and silver ornaments worth Rs2.41 crore in Virar went wrong when one of the robbers in a drunken state revealed the incident to a bar girl, and the revelation led to the arrest of four men on Sunday.

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A filmy-style theft of gold and silver ornaments worth Rs2.41 crore in Virar went wrong when one of the robbers in a drunken state revealed the incident to a bar girl, and the revelation led to the arrest of four men on Sunday.

The gang had taken a shop on rent beside a jewellery store and set up a dummy business as fruit vendors; they later dug a hole in the wall and decamped with ornaments.

On 25 February the theft at Omkar Jewellers in posh Gokul township of Virar West was reported to Arnala Coastal police station.

"The robbers had managed to escape with the CCTV footage data and we could not trace them. All we had to go on was the rent agreement for the shop space. Later we were tipped off about their whereabouts and we laid a trap and arrested them," said an Arnala Coastal police official. The police managed to arrest four suspects, Jamil Shaikh, Vijay Mandal, Ismail Shaikh and Soheb Shaikh.

"The informer told us about one of the accused revealing the incident to a bar dancer who performs at a place near Dahisar check naka. Soon, we arrested the accused, which led to the arrests of three others. We are also looking out for their other accomplices," said the official.

"We have recovered cash and ornaments worth Rs26 lakh from them. We produced them before the Vasai sessions court, which has remanded them into police custody for seven days. We are investigating further, because we suspect that they are involved in other thefts in places including Mumbai," said Narsinha Bhosale, Deputy Superintendent of police, Vasai Division.

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