in the audacity of robbery in The business main center of Rajasthan second Larger cityUdaipur, five masked men men Detained employees of a non-banking financial Company hostage and left with gold jewelry worth R12 crores apart from R10 lakh in cash Under the threat of the weapon on Monday, a police officer said.
Udaipur Police Chief Vikas Kumar Sharma said the thieves had entered the area office of Manapuram Finance Ltd. on The first floor of commercial building in Pratap Nagar in Udaipur, about 25 minutes after the opening of the facility. Pratap Nagar in a busy the shop with vegetables shops And many offices.
The five masked men entered office from his unprotected front door,” said SP.
The police said when the thieves entered officeThere were only five employees and a client. The office he have main A room where employees interact with Customer manager’s cabin and chest room, where the gold and money I keep.
Police said the five were masked men pulled out guns from the bags they were carrying and gave instructions to everyone present in The main room for move to me corner. They threatened to shoot them (employees and clients) if they didn’t do it follow Instructions. that they took they mobile Telephones and landline disconnection.
Dorgesh Sharma, who He works as a clerk at Manappuram Finance, and he said they were preparing to receive clients in the name of office Started work About 9:30 a.m., when some heard noise.
“Five armed men with covering their faces with masks and one wearing Helmet is installed in office He started screaming and asking everyone of us to stop work Immediately. At first, we did not understand what was happening. they asked us no move Pointed guns in us. everybody of us He said.
Sharma said, one of I stood guard main The entrance gate, two were pointing their guns towards the attendants while another two broke into the manager’s room.
“They paid us And the made us Erection with facing towards wall. Hmm then took out ropes from their bags and tie them up us. they paid us down on The floorHT visibly shaken, Sharma said an hour after the accident.
Sharma who linked up in The main Hall, then heard the thieves in The manager’s room asks for Chest keys. “When manager The owner refused and was beaten up. a thief came out called in the assistant manager about the keys. It was also Taken within manager Sharma said.
he is added that there is a lot of Chaos inside and hear thieves threatening manager and his assistant. “that they (manager and his assistant) also slapped a few times The thieves continued to search for keys. When one of They put a gun in head of The manager Sharma said.
Familiar police officer with Investigation confirmed this sequence of events He said while a thief was guarding manager And his assistant, two thieves opened the strong room and started filling their bags with jewelry and cash In two bags they were carrying.
“While leaving bank handcuffed of The manager assistant and lock main door of outside to prevent any of Hostages from coming out said the aforementioned police officer.
The Five Thieves walked casually down stairs and run away on Two motorbikes parked on ground floor, police said. CCTV footage from camera installed on Earth floor Show the thieves walking towards them bikes with no banners of Panic and then drive away. According to CCTV recordings, they fled around 9.40 am.
SP said despite the accuracy worth of The looted jewelry has not yet been confirmed, manager It is estimated that 20 kilograms of gold worth Around R12 crores R10 lakh cash It was taken away. Kerala-based gold mortgage company has 1,100 clients in Pratap Nagar Branch.
The theft was reported to the police around 9.50 a.m. one of The staff was able to untie his hands.
“We rushed right away senior Police officers. We’ve questioned the staff and cleared the CCTV footage. Sirens were sounded all over the area,” the SP said.
The officer said they were also Investigate the possibility of A job from the inside where the thieves knew the time when there were no customers and they knew about office layout, including the force room. We are checking CCTV installation in The office To see if anyone of They visited office Earlier too,” he said.
asked a police officer how a office deal with Much cash It works without a security guard. “The bank manager Tell us It was the company policy The officer said. It was this also Sharma confirmed it. The managerPawan Mina did not respond to phone calls or messages.
that employee of Axis Bank, which is on Earth floorThey said they came to him know About theft only when the police came. “No one suspected anything as fishy as Manapuram office I used to get too little people Every day “employee” who did not wish He said to be named. Even the security guard outside Axle Bank didn’t feel anything suspicious until the police came.
