Bengaluru: Two women posing as customers visited a Malabar Gold and Diamonds jewellery showroom on MG Road and stole four gold bangles worth Rs 12 lakh. The theft was discovered during stock check at the end of the day.The showroom manager told police the two unidentified “customers” were being assisted by a saleswoman, who was showing them bangles from a display tray at 3.15pm on Aug 22.When the sales executive was busy choosing designs to show them, one of the women allegedly picked up two bangles and slipped them into her handbag. She repeated the act moments later, taking two more bangles from the tray before leaving the counter. The women claimed they didn’t like the designs and left the showroom.The theft came to light during the showroom’s daily stock verification. Police said CCTV footage has captured the registration number of the suspects’ vehicle.A senior police officer said a case has been registered under BNS Section 305 (theft in a dwelling house, or means of transportation or place of worship, etc).
