By IANS,
Patiala : The Punjab police have arrested seven people here and recovered stolen gold and diamond jewellery worth Rs.7.3 million from their possession, an official said here Sunday.
“Police have arrested seven accused and recovered more than three kilograms gold, diamond jewellery and weapons from them. With this arrest, we have solved a day-light robbery committed at MR Jewellers at Ambala town in Haryana in August this year,” R.S. Khatra, senior superintendent of police, Patiala, told reporters.
He added: “Based on the interrogation of earlier arrested accused, police raided the house of one of the accused in this town yesterday evening (Saturday) and arrested seven of them. One of the arrested accused Deputy Lal is a former employee of MR Jewellers.”
Khatra said the accused had gathered in the house to distribute the stolen jewellery among themselves and plan their next robbery. The recovered gold and diamond jewellery is worth Rs.7.3 million, he pointed out.
Police also recovered sharp-edged weapons, knives and one .315 bore pistol from the accused. Besides police have also impounded two cars and two motorcycles bearing fake numbers.
Patiala town is around 70 km from the state capital Chandigarh.