NEW DELHI, Sept 29: The Chhattisgarh police has arrested two persons in connection with the Rs 25 crores daring robbery from a jewellery store in New Delhi earlier this week and recovered around 18.5 kg of gold and diamond ornaments from them.
The arrested persons have been identified as Lokesh Srivas, who is allegedly involved in seven thefts in Bilaspur, and Shiva Chandravanshi.
Acting on a tip-off about Srivas being present in Kawardha town of Chhattisgarh’s Kabirdham district, the team conducted a raid there on Wednesday and arrested Chandravanshi along with ornaments worth Rs 23 lakh.
By that time, Srivas had managed to escape.
The team then tracked down Srivas to a house under the Smritinagar police station jurisdiction in Durg district and recovered 18.5 kg of gold and diamond jewellery and Rs 12.5 lakh in cash from him.
Investigation revealed that the jewellery were stolen from a store in New Delhi, he said, adding a team of the Delhi police has also arrived in Chhattisgarh and further investigation into the matter is underway.
The Delhi police had said earlier that the burglars looted the store after piercing hole on the wall of the strongroom and had also decamped with the diamond and gold jewelleries kept for display in the showroom leaving only the silver ornaments.
Anjani Srivas, wife of the accused, demanded strict punishment for her husband saying her family was being harassed by police because of his criminal activities.
