A shocking jewellery theft worth nearly \u20b918 crore has come to light in Bengaluru, where burglars allegedly broke into multiple lockers inside a businessman\u2019s residence and fled with massive quantities of gold, diamonds, and silver while the family was away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The high-value heist has left the neighbourhood stunned and raised serious concerns about household security, especially involving newly hired domestic staff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The incident took place on January 25 at the home of 28-year-old businessman Shimanth S Arjun. According to police, Shimanth, his mother Malini, and his wife Tanmayi left the house around 9:00 am to attend a ceremony at a relative\u2019s residence. His father was out of town for work at the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With no family members present, the house was left in the care of domestic staff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Police revealed that the household had employed several workers, including a cook named Ambika, a staff member identified as Siddharam, and two housekeeping workers, Dinesh and Kamala. Notably, Dinesh and Kamala had joined the household just about 20 days earlier through a housekeeping agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Investigators believe the accused may have closely monitored the family\u2019s daily routine before carrying out the theft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At around 12:38 pm, Ambika allegedly called the family, warning them that Dinesh, Kamala, and others had broken open cupboards and fled the premises. Alarmed by the call, the family rushed back home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What they discovered was devastating. Thieves forced open the locker in the ground-floor bedroom using an iron rod and made off with valuables, and also broke into another locker on the first floor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In his complaint, Shimanth stated that approximately 10 kg of gold and diamond jewellery had been stolen from the ground-floor locker alone. From the first-floor locker, the family reported the loss of around 1.5 kg of gold jewellery, 5 kg of silver ornaments, and \u20b911.5 lakh in cash.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Altogether, the stolen valuables include about 11.5 kg of gold and diamond jewellery and 5 kg of silver jewellery, bringing the estimated value of the theft close to \u20b918 crore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Based on the complaint, police have registered a case against Dinesh (32), his wife Kamala (25), and other unidentified individuals. Authorities are actively investigating the case to trace the accused and recover the stolen valuables.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Nearly Rs 18 crore worth of gold, silver and cash were stolen from a Bengaluru home after multiple lockers were broken.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3368,"featured_media":727548,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","short_title":"","seo-keywords":"","news-seo-keywords":"Bengaluru jewellery heist, 18 crore theft, gold silver stolen, domestic staff theft, Bengaluru crime news, locker break-in, Bengaluru jewellery heist,domestic workers stole jewellery cash,Bengaluru","author-reported-field":"","author-review-field":null,"article-sources-field":"","byline_field":"","survey_poll":"","ai_generated_summary":"","faq-group":{"faq-question_1":"","faq-description_1":"","faq-question_2":"","faq-description_2":"","faq-question_3":"","faq-description_3":"","faq-question_4":"","faq-description_4":"","faq-question_5":"","faq-description_5":""}},"categories":[19354],"tags":[278],"class_list":["post-727519","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bengaluru","tag-bengaluru"],"recipe-group":{"preparation_time":"","total_cooking_time":"","recipe_yield":"","recipe_cuisine":"","recipe_rating_value":"","recipe_servingsize":"","recipe_calories":"","recipe_ingredients":"","recipe_instructions_head_1":"","recipe-instructions_1":"","recipe_instructions_head_2":"","recipe-instructions_2":"","recipe_instructions_head_3":"","recipe-instructions_3":"","recipe_instructions_head_4":"","recipe-instructions_4":"","recipe_instructions_head_5":"","recipe-instructions_5":"","recipe_instructions_head_6":"","recipe-instructions_6":""},"embed-url-group":{"embed-url":"","embed-duration":""},"yoast_head":"\n