Overview
- Bengaluru investigators named domestic workers Dinesh and Kamala as suspects after jewellery, silver and cash worth roughly Rs 18 crore were reported stolen from a Marathahalli home where they had started work about 20 days earlier.
- Marathahalli police registered a case, formed special teams, reviewed area footage and circulated alerts at rail and bus hubs as they track potential escape routes beyond Karnataka.
- In a separate case near Nelamangala, three men robbed Ram Dev Jewels at gunpoint, escaping with over 30 grams of gold and Rs 50,000; the DCP confirmed a robbery case and teams are analysing CCTV.
- Vijayapura police are probing a gunpoint robbery by two masked men at a Halasangi shop, with the haul under assessment and a case filed at Zalaki police station; local reports said shots were fired and a youth was injured.
- Police separately arrested domestic worker Chandan Roul in an earlier Bengaluru villa theft, recovering valuables worth about Rs 1 crore, and renewed calls for thorough background checks on household hires.