Mumbai: Employees steal diamond, gold pendant worth ₹6 lakh, arrested

The Dahisar police have arrested two diamond polishers on Sunday for allegedly fleeing with a diamond and gold pendant worth ₹6 lakh belonging to their employer

The Dahisar police have arrested two diamond polishers on Sunday for allegedly fleeing with a diamond and gold pendant worth ₹6 lakh belonging to their employer. While one accused was arrested from Nallasopara, the other was nabbed from Ahmedabad.

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According to the police, the accused identified as Mahadev Kayal, 42, and Vishwajeet Bora, 27, were working as ornaments polishers at the gold workshop located in Nitin Industrial Estate in Dahisar (West). The two are natives of West Bengal and had come to Mumbai a few months back.

On July 27, the owner of the workshop had given the accused a gold pendant weighing 33.78 grams and a diamond of 4.86 carat costing ₹6 lakh for polishing. The same day, the two accused left the workshop for lunch and escaped by crossing the check naka on NH 48.

When the two failed to return to the workshop till late evening, the owner approached the police and registered a complaint. The police team scanned the CCTVs of the nearby areas and found that the two had left through the Mumbai-Ahmedabad highway.

On tracking their mobile phone locations, the police found the hideouts of the two. “We have arrested the accused for theft and have recovered the entire stolen ornaments,” said assistant inspector Chandrakant Gharge, from Dahisar police station.