On July 18, a jeweller in Alwar received a courier. When he opened it, it had two gold chains and a letter from someone called Mahesh. The letter said the man took the chains by mistake and asked for forgiveness.
“We came to the showroom to return the gold chains, but on seeing police, we came back,” read the letter addressed to Yogesh Goyal, owner of the showroom . Goyal had informed the police about the missing gold chains weighing 35 gms to the police on June 25.
“After getting your address, we are sending these by courier. Hope you will forgive us by heart,” the letter added.
According to Goyal, three people came to the showroom to buy a silver chhatra, paid Rs 5,600 and slipped away after stealing two gold chains. We informed the police and provided them with the CCTV footage,” said Goyal.
Alwar superintendent of police (SP) Paris Deshmukh Anil said the accused were identified from the footage and a man was arrested along with the car used for the crime.
“During investigation, we found out that the other two accused were from Gurugram. We reached their address but could not locate them,” he said.
The SP, however, added that returning the chains will have no bearing on the investigation and dismissed it as a ploy to evade arrest. “This was not a case of change of heart. Why did they wait for 23 days to return the chains? This is nothing but a trick to evade arrest,” he said.
“We have evidence against them in the form of CCTV footage. They are from upper middle class families,” he said.
First Published: Jul 23, 2019 19:37 IST
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