Six person involved in the robbery of gold jewelry worth ₹10 crore at the Muthoot Finance branch in Hosur have been nabbed near Hyderabad. They have been identified as people belonging to Madhya Pradesh. Jewelery worth ₹12 crore along with eight guns, and a knife were seized from them.
At around 9:30 am on January 22, six persons stormed the Muthoot Finance company branch located on Baagalur Road in Hosur, Krishnagiri district, and robbed 25 kg of gold jewelery worth ₹10 crore and ₹90,000 at gunpoint. The incident was captured on the surveillance camera.
A special forces team was formed to track down the robbers. They were caught in Samsadpur near Hyderabad in Telangana.
Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami lauded the police for tracking down the criminals within 18 hours and called it another diamond in the crown for the Tamil Nadu police force.