gold theft

Pathanamthitta/Kottayam, March 30 Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday intensified the UDF's campaign for the Kerala elections, targeting the CPI(M) by referencing a popular parody song about its leaders' alleged role in the gold theft at the Sabarimala temple, while also questioning Prime...

Jaipur, March 25 – In a shocking incident in the Bharatpur district of Rajasthan, a 45-year-old jeweler was shot dead by assailants on a motorcycle who fled with a bag containing gold and silver ornaments. The victim, identified as Yogendra Chopra, was attacked just 100 meters from his home...

Jaipur, March 25 Two unidentified assailants allegedly shot and killed a jeweler in Bharatpur district of Rajasthan, before fleeing with a bag containing gold and silver ornaments, police said on Wednesday.The incident took place in Nadbai's Punjabi Colony when the victim, identified as...

Kochi, March 24 – The Special Investigation Team (SIT) approached the Kerala High Court on Tuesday, seeking to overturn the bail granted to tantri Kantarar Rajeevar in the second case related to the alleged theft of gold from Sabarimala, further intensifying the legal scrutiny surrounding the...

Ahmedabad, March 21 A man allegedly involved in a 2021 murder-robbery case in Chhattisgarh was arrested by the Ahmedabad Crime Branch in Gujarat, an official said on Saturday.Ajaykumar, also known as Laxmisagar or Kimtishree Rajnarayan Mishra, who was wanted in connection with the murder of...

Kollam (Kerala), March 19 A court here on Thursday granted statutory bail to more accused in two cases related to the alleged gold loss from the Sabarimala temple.The Kollam Vigilance Court Judge Mohit CS granted bail to Chennai-based Smart Creations CEO Pankaj Bhandari and Ballari-based...

Bangalore, March 18 A 59-year-old man was arrested for allegedly defrauding an Income Tax department official by posing as a "parrot astrologer" and promising career growth and a better life through rituals, police said on Wednesday.Following the arrest of the accused astrologer, Shekar...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 18 CPI state secretary Binoy Viswam has asserted that the Sabarimala gold theft scandal will backfire on the Congress-led UDF and BJP, shielding the ruling LDF from any electoral fallout in the upcoming polls in Kerala.Viswam also said that he does not believe there...

Berhampur, March 16 The Government Railway Police (GRP) in Odisha arrested three people from Rajasthan on Monday for allegedly stealing gold ornaments from a trader near the Berhampur railway station, while posing as CBI officers.The police seized gold ornaments weighing 88 gm, valued at...

Thane, March 14 Three individuals have been arrested for allegedly breaking into a house and stealing gold and silver jewelry worth approximately Rs 36 lakh in Navi Mumbai, police said on Saturday.The crime branch made the arrests on March 10, within 24 hours of the burglary that occurred at a...

Dhar, March 13 A group posing as Income Tax officials entered the home of a contractor in Dhar, Madhya Pradesh on Friday, claiming to be investigating the issue of undeclared wealth, and stole approximately 50 tolas of gold and several lakh rupees in cash, police said.The incident occurred at...

Bengaluru, March 13 A man has been arrested for allegedly stealing diamond and gold ornaments worth Rs 14.65 lakh from a house here, officials said on Friday.With his arrest, police have recovered the stolen property worth Rs 14.65 lakh, they said.The theft was reported at a house in the...

Kochi, March 13 – The Kerala High Court on Friday made it clear that it would not interfere in the ongoing investigation into the alleged gold theft linked to the Sabarimala Temple, stating that a competent officer is handling the investigation under judicial supervision.This observation came...

Latur, March 5 Police in Latur, Maharashtra, have arrested a woman for allegedly stealing gold ornaments from bus stops in the district, officials said on Thursday.The local police's crime branch, which made the arrest, also recovered some stolen gold jewelry from her.This action has led to...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 4 The Congress-led UDF in Kerala on Wednesday strongly criticized the ruling LDF over the Sabarimala gold theft cases, the issue of women's entry to the shrine, and the state's health sector, where government doctors and a section of private nurses are on strike over...

New Delhi, February 27 – Workers of the BJP's Kerala Yuva Morcha staged a protest outside the residence of senior Congress leader Sonia Gandhi, concerning the gold theft case related to the Ayyappa Temple in Sabarimala.The protest, led by former Union Minister Anurag Thakur, saw the Kerala BJP...

Thiruvananthapuram, February 25 – Kerala BJP president Rajeev Chandrasekhar accused the CPI(M)-led government of "deliberately diverting" attention in the alleged gold theft at Sabarimala on Wednesday, following his visit to the shrine's Tantri, Kantararu Rajeevaru, at a private hospital here...

Thiruvananthapuram, February 24 The BJP organized a protest in front of Cliff House, the official residence of Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, demanding a CBI investigation into the alleged gold theft case at Sabarimala.Addressing the gathering, BJP state president Rajeev Chandrasekhar...

Tumakuru (Karnataka), February 23 Four men have been arrested for allegedly robbing a jewelry shop in this district and stealing gold and silver bars worth nearly Rs 20 lakh, police said on Monday.The incident occurred in the town of Shira in this district on Sunday, they said.The accused...

Thiruvananthapuram/Kannur, February 22 The arrest of Sabarimala Tantri Kadararu Rajeevaru in the gold theft case triggered a fresh round of accusations and counter-accusations in Kerala on Sunday, with the opposition Congress alleging that the chief priest was "deliberately framed" in the case...