Surat: Thieves break into jewellery shop through hole in wall

SURAT: Ingenious thieves came truly prepared to steal the jewellery shop in Pandesara area and escape undetected too. First they made a hole in the main wall to enter the shop and then decamp by the same route with cash and jewelry worth Rs 16 lakh, sometime between Monday night and early Tuesday morning.
Owner of the shop, Nikhil Kirtikumar Shah (39) who lives in Piplod and operates his shop named Choksi Kirtikumar Chandulal Shah near Bhestan crossroads.
In his complaint with the Pandesara police station, Shah said he had closed his shop as usual on Monday night, but when he returned the next morning at around 9am, he saw a huge hole in the main wall of the shop.
Later, he found out that thieves had stolen gold and silver jewellery worth Rs 15.25 lakh besides Rs 80,000 in cash from a counter.
Before decamping, the thieves also broke CCTV cameras inside the shop, he told the police.