Suspect wanted in ₹1.5 cr theft from Nuh jewellery shop caught after encounter

Officials said that Ram had opened fire on the Sector-40 crime branch team of Gurugram police and was shot in his legs twice in retaliation only after which he could be caught

Published on: Jan 5, 2026, 10:36:54 IST

By Debashish Karmakar

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One of the prime suspects wanted in the theft case of gold and silver ornaments worth ₹1.5 crore from a jewellery shop in Nuh was caught after heavy exchange of fire with police in Bhondsi area of Gurugram early Monday, said police.

The accused had decamped with almost 60 kilograms of silver and 200 grams of gold ornaments. (Representative file photo)

The suspect was identified as Yaad Ram, 43, who hailed from Badaun in Uttar Pradesh.

He was caught in a joint operation by the Gurugram and Nuh police that took place between 12:30am and 1am on Monday.

Officials said that Ram had opened fire on the Sector-40 crime branch team of Gurugram police and was shot in his legs twice in retaliation only after which he could be caught.

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Police officials said that Ram had led a gang that had broken into a jewellery shop named Natthilal Hariom jewellers at Pinangwa in Nuh between between 3am and 3:30am on December 28 and had decamped with almost 60 kilograms of silver and 200 grams of gold ornaments which had an approximate value of ₹1.5 crore.

Sandeep Turan, public relations officer of Gurugram police, said that Ram was wanted in the Nuh incident and was also accused in another case of petty theft in Farrukhnagar.

“He was also carrying a reward of ₹1 lakh declared by Nuh police after the December 28 incident. We are gathering details of the other cases registered against him,” Turan said, adding that Ram was taken to the civil hospital where he was undergoing treatment.

A senior official of Nuh police said that only after interrogating Ram, they will be able to get the clues of the other suspects involved in the theft case.

“We are waiting for him to be declared medically fit by the doctors for being formally arrested. We are also trying to get the information about the movement of the stolen valuables taken away by his associates,” he added.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Debashish Karmakar
Debashish Karmakar is a principal correspondent with the Hindustan Times, Gurugram bureau. He has a vast journalistic experience of almost 14 years of covering crime, court, power, transport, administration, weather and other beats while working across various organisations. He has been covering Gurugram, Faridabad, Nuh, Palwal and other districts of southern Haryana for more than four and a half years. He has produced several breaking and exclusive stories while reporting from the ground where he maintains a strong presence on a daily basis. He writes news articles which are hard-hitting and accurate. With his strong bureaucratic sources, he frequently writes stories to expose the failure of the system forcing authorities to take necessary course-corrective steps. Besides crime, important convictions and court orders, he also writes on human-angle stories, on power issues and challenges faced by the residents on a daily basis in Gurugram and neighbouring areas. In the past, he worked for media houses like The Times of India, where he extensively reported on important government matters and daily proceedings at the Patna High Court. He has also worked in the electronic media and had done ground coverage on the Kedarnath deluge that wrecked Uttarakhand in 2013.Read More

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