Overview
- Investigators say a 30-year-old history-sheeter, identified as Ishay Raj, burgled a Mandur home on November 22 and was then confronted near a cemetery by four youths who took the stolen gold and cash after giving him Rs 3,000.
- According to police, Raj then committed two more nearby break-ins the same night to avoid going home empty-handed, adding to the haul of gold and cash.
- Raj was traced and arrested, after which Avalahalli police identified and detained the four alleged robbers — Mounesh Rao, Darshan M. (alias Pappu), Chandan R., and Sunil M. — all in their early twenties.
- Police report recovering about 447 grams of gold, Rs 28,250 in cash, and a two-wheeler, with the total value of seized property estimated at roughly Rs 70 lakh.
- Authorities describe Raj as a repeat offender with seven prior theft cases; reports differ on the exact initial haul and recovery figures, with some accounts citing 90 grams of gold and others about 330 grams.