Bengaluru, March 13 Two men have been arrested for stealing gold ornaments and silver items from a house here, police said.
Following their arrest, police claimed to have recovered 95 grams of gold ornaments, 88 grams of silver items, a two-wheeler, and a mobile phone, with a total value of Rs 15 lakh.
The theft was reported at a house in the HSR Layout area on February 10, police said.
According to police, the homeowner alleged that they had locked their house in the afternoon on the day of the incident and gone to work. When they returned at night, they found that unknown individuals had broken the front door lock, entered the house, and stolen about 30 grams of gold ornaments kept in a cupboard inside the room.
During the course of the investigation, the two suspects were detained from Udayagiri in Mysuru on February 21, a senior police officer said.
During interrogation, they revealed that the stolen gold ornaments had been pledged to two different gold finance companies and some were given to two people known to them. The stolen gold and silver items were subsequently recovered, he said.
With the arrest of these two accused, a total of five theft cases have been detected, police added.