Gold heist: Car used by accused found on city’s outskirts

Coimbatore | Thursday | 10th January, 2019

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The gang waylaid the vehicle near KG Chavadi on Cochin-Coimbatore bypass road and looted the ornaments. The vehicle was registered in Chennai and when we contacted the registered owner, he told us that he had sold the car to a person in Coimbatore long back. However, the ownership of the vehicle remains unchanged,” said an investigation officer. Forensic experts have lifted finger prints from the car.“Even before the car was found, we had traced the registration number of the vehicle with the help of CCTV footages collected from check posts and petrol bunks. Coimbatore: A day after police traced the Kalyan Jewellery’s car, which was waylaid by a 10-member gang and robbed of gold and silver ornaments worth Rs 98 lakh on Monday, they have found the car used by the gang abandoned near Valukuparai on the outskirts of the city on Wednesday.Police said the Alto car was found about 10km away from the jewellery owner’s car, which was found abandoned near Madukkarai on Tuesday..