Overview
- The owner of a Kandivali jewellery unit reported that a logistics box containing 864.28 grams of 22‑carat gold bangles disappeared from the workshop on May 14, prompting a theft FIR.
- Using call detail records and technical analysis, Charkop police tracked the three missing watchmen to Poonch and detained two suspects after searches on Saturday, May 23.
- Officers recovered 49 gold bangles weighing 433 grams, valued at about Rs 64.95–65 lakh, that had been buried in a mountainous village near the India‑Pakistan border.
- Police say one of the accused’s family members helped bury the jewellery and one of the three alleged perpetrators remains absconding while the two arrested men were brought to Mumbai on transit remand.
- Investigators continue cross‑jurisdiction work to locate the remaining gold and the third suspect, and the probe highlights risks in on‑site storage and the use of night watchmen at manufacturing units.