Bank of Baroda heist: fresh trouble for cops

  • | Thursday | 23rd November, 2017

Navi Mumbai: The police suspect that the gold that was stolen after breaking 30 lockers of Bank of Baroda in Juinagar, would have been melted into gold bars. Around 10 teams of zone I officials and Crime Branch sleuths have been investigating, and till now have nabbed seven accused. Of the ?3.43 crore valuables stolen, gold close to 2 kg worth ?58 lakh has been recovered by the Crime Branch and all of them are in the form of bars. We will have to work out something that will help the victims,” a police officer said. “If the remaining booty had been converted into bars, it would be a challenge for us to give those back to the locker holders.

more-in Navi Mumbai: The police suspect that the gold that was stolen after breaking 30 lockers of Bank of Baroda in Juinagar, would have been melted into gold bars. Of the ?3.43 crore valuables stolen, gold close to 2 kg worth ?58 lakh has been recovered by the Crime Branch and all of them are in the form of bars. “If the remaining booty had been converted into bars, it would be a challenge for us to give those back to the locker holders. We will have to work out something that will help the victims,” a police officer said. “The procedure to melt the gold and convert it into bars takes exactly 10 minutes.” “If the all the gold was in bars, then how would the police return those? When I heard of the arrests, I was hopeful that I would get back what I lost, but with this news, I have lost all hope,” said one of the victims. Around 10 teams of zone I officials and Crime Branch sleuths have been investigating, and till now have nabbed seven accused.

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