Bengaluru: The Subramanyanagar police have arrested a gang of four habitual offenders, including two sons of an astrologer, for a robbery at Chemmanur Jewellers that was reported on February 19.
The police have identified the arrested as Saamrat Shivamurthy alias Shivu, (30), his brother Shivakumar alias Shankar, (26), residents of Kothanur, and two of their associates Nivesh Kumar, (29), of Ramamurthynagar and Jagadish, (34), a native of Sangli in Maharashtra. With their arrest, the police were able to recover Rs. 1 crore worth of jewellery from their previous heists.
The police said Shivu, the mastermind of the robbery and his brother were nabbed from their rented house in Vinayakanagar in Devanahalli.
Preliminary investigation revealed that Shivu, a high school dropout, and his brother Shankar, B.Com graduate, had decided to make quick money by committing robbery in jewellery shops in and around the city. The duo was unemployed and Nivesh Kumar, working as facility manager at a multinational company, joined the gang as he was a close friend of Shankar.
In 2011-12, the gang robbed Santosh Jewellers in Ramamurthy Nagar and Chemmanur Jewellers in Peenya and managed to escape with 8 kg of gold and other valuables. “After selling the booty, the brothers had bought two high-end cars and opened a real estate agency SR Business Solutions in Yelahanka. The gang had even purchased 11 acres of land in Sira in Tumakuru and spent more money lavishly to purchase branded goods,” the police officer added.
