SURAT: Three unidentified armed people looted jewelry and silver worth Rs 1.36 crore on Tuesday from the office of a gold finance company in Daman Union territory . The thieves also looted the office’s CCTV camera DVR recorder, which had no security personnel.
Police recorded a looting offense against the three people and also formed 10 teams to catch them.
The three people, who arrived at Muthoot Fincorp’s office in Nani Daman at around 11 a.m., began talking with the employees. Two of the robbers then pointed guns at the heads of two PL employees Patel and Hetal Changodara and demanded that they hand over the keys to the safe.
“The accused then opened the safe with the keys and escaped with jewelry worth Rs 1.35 crore and Rs 1.5 lakh in cash. They left within 15 minutes in a white vehicle. We have set up teams to catch them, ”said SP Sohel, police inspector Nani Daman. The police had a forensic examination of the place carried out by officials from the forensic science laboratory.
“There was no security guard in the office. The guard was relieved of his duties two months ago. There was a CCTV camera but the accused also looted the recorder. Staff did not sound the alarm in the office. If the alarm had been triggered, the thieves would have been caught because the office is in a crowded area, ”said Eish Singhal, police commissioner in Daman.
Police suspect the loot was carried by someone who was aware of the company’s operations as well as the location. The police do not rule out the involvement of an insider in the loot.