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Jewelry Worth 2.25 Crores Stolen in Pune, Shocking Truth Revealed in CCTV
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News18•13-10-2026, 07:41
Jewelry Worth 2.25 Crores Stolen in Pune, Shocking Truth Revealed in CCTV
- •A massive theft of gold jewelry worth 2.25 crores took place in broad daylight in the Rasta Peth area of Pune while a couple was away.
- •The complainant Khan works on making gold jewelry for bullion merchants and had gone out with his wife on Saturday evening.
- •Upon checking CCTV footage, police found that two suspects roaming near the building were none other than an uncle and nephew living in the same building.
- •Khadak police solved the case and arrested the uncle-nephew duo, identified as Mustafa Nazir Shaikh and Sarfaraz alias Awej Mainuddin Shaikh, within just 12 hours.
- •Police seized a total of two kilograms and 246 grams of gold from the accused, and the court has remanded them to two days of police custody.
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A bullion artisan and his wife went out for some work, and thieves broke the lock of their closed house to steal gold jewelry worth 2.25 crores in broad daylight.
The police arrested an uncle-nephew duo who lived in the same building, identified as scrap dealer Mustafa Nazir Shaikh and key maker Sarfaraz alias Awej Mainuddin Shaikh.
Pune police solved the case and apprehended the suspects within just 12 hours, recovering a total of two kilograms and 246 grams of gold worth 2.24 crore rupees.
