One held for gold burglary at jewellery showroom

One person was today arrested in connection with burglary of 15.57 kg of gold ornaments and coloured stones worth Rs 5.98 crore from the Tanishq jewellery showroom in Panjagutta area here, police said.
Kiran, a mason from Guntur district, who wanted to become a pilot, committed the theft on the intervening night of January 24 and 25 along with his cousin Anand, Hyderabad Police Commissioner Anurag Sharma told reporters.
While investigation was in progress in the case, Kiran approached and surrendered before a local media house last night and claimed that he just wanted to expose the loopholes in the society and security system, Sharma said.

Subsequently, on his confession police searched his room here and recovered gold and other valuables weighing 15.5 kg, he said.
"Initially, Kiran said that he was alone involved in the crime but after sustained questioning, he confessed that he along with his cousin Anand had planned and committed the offence," the police commissioner said.
When the offence got extensive media coverage and they came to know that the entire police force was looking for the offenders, the duo developed cold feet and decided to give up and came up with a story that Kiran wanted to show his talent and also expose loopholes in security system, the Hyderabad police chief explained.

However, further questioning by police revealed that Kiran wanted to be a pilot and for the training fee he needed Rs 15 lakh while Anand, who had polio, wanted Rs 15-20 lakh for his treatment, Sharma said.

The duo, being masons, also had expertise in making holes in walls to place electric pipes and used the technique in the theft, besides also conducting a recce of the showroom.
They initially broke a part of the wall of the showroom on the night of January 22 and entered the showroom after drilling hole in the rear wall and made away with the booty, he said.

Anand is still absconding with small quantity of ornaments and police teams have been dispatched to apprehend him, Sharma said.
Further investigation in other aspects of the case is also being done, he added.