Bengaluru: Pretending to be a prospective customer, a man tried on several gold chains and rings at a jewellery shop in Yelahanka New Town before diverting the attention of a shop employee and fleeing with two gold chains and seven rings worth Rs 13.2 lakh. Police have arrested Harish T, 36, and recovered all the stolen ornaments weighing 102 grams.The incident happened at Krishna Jewellers on Ananthapura Main Road on Oct 29. As the owner, Badrilal Dewasi, had gone out of town, his employee, Suresh Dewasi, was attending to the shop in the evening when Harish walked in, claiming he wanted to buy gold jewellery.He asked Suresh to show him gold chains and rings. Suresh placed various designs of chains and rings on a tray. Harish began trying them on one after another, while checking his appearance in a mirror.While keeping Suresh occupied, he allegedly stole two gold chains and seven gold rings and fled the shop.Following a complaint, Yelahanka New Town police apprehended the suspect near Tindlu on Kodigehalli Main Road on the same night. During interrogation, he confessed to committing the theft.Based on his disclosure that he had kept the stolen jewellery at his residence in Ananthapura, police recovered the ornaments on Oct 30. The accused was remanded in judicial custody.
