Tanishq jewellery found,3 arrested

Three persons involved in the Tanishq heist case,Bhure Khan,Paras and his brother Manav Soni,were today arrested from Ghaziabad,UP,by joint teams of the Delhi and Chandigarh Police. Sources disclosed that the cops have also recovered the entire stolen gold and diamond jewellery from the accused. The blanket in which the accused had wrapped the stolen articles have also been recovered from them. They had decamped with jewellery and diamonds worth over Rs 10 crore from the Tanishq showroom in Manimajra. Further raids were on at the time of going to press.

Sources added that the dacoity was committed by 13 persons during the wee hours of January 12. All the accused are members of the Gore Khan gang which is active in the interiors of western Uttar Pradesh. A team of the Delhi Police,which managed to nab the first accused Bhure Khan,received further inputs and nabbed the other two accused in a joint raid with the Chandigarh Police. Another team of the Chandigarh Police Crime Branch led by Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Satbir Singh,reached Delhi this evening to conduct further raids and bring back the arrested accused to Chandigarh.

The accused had been staying at a rented accommodation in Manimajra since December 23 and had visited the Tanishq showroom a couple of times before striking on January 12. Their preliminary interrogation,conducted by the Delhi and Chandigarh Police,revealed that they had all met at Dasna jail,Uttar Pradesh,where they were lodged for different crimes.

Manav is wanted by the UP Police in cases of killings for extortion.