BENGALURU: A gang disguised as police personnel fled with gold worth Rs 30 lakh from a goldsmith’s workshop in Tigalarapet, Nagarathpet Cross on Wednesday.
Goldsmith Karthik, who is from West Bengal and a resident of Tigalarapet, has been running a workshop out of his house for 10 years.
According to Karthik’s complaint, around 3pm on Wednesday, four persons in police attire came to his house in a car. He, however, was not at home at that time. About nine workers at the workshop had a shock when the ‘cops’ told them they were running the business illegally and ‘seized’ gold ornaments. Before leaving the spot, they told the employees that their owner should come to Halasuru Gate police station.
Karthik later went to the police station to find that none from there had visited his workplace. After analysing CCTV footage, police confirmed the men were fake cops.
Halasuru Gate police said that about 300gm of gold had gone missing, but as per Karthik’s estimate, the quantity was 825gm worth Rs 30 lakh. Karthik said all his workers are from West Bengal. “Recently, there was a fight with the building owner’s son, who lives on the ground floor and I suspect his involvement in this,” he added.
Neighbours alleged Karthik was running the place illegally and was causing a lot of noise. Police said they have picked up four people in connection with the robbery but stopped short of giving details, citing investigations are under way.