Bengaluru: Police have nabbed a five-member gang that had robbed a precious gemstone from an agent of on November 11, after pepper-spraying him.
The accused had come to the agent Shashikant’s house in Malleshwaram police station limits, posing as buyers of the precious Alexander gemstone, worth Rs 15 lakh.
The accused have been identified as Bhaskar (26), a resident of Magadi road, Ranjith Shetty (25), Nagaraj (40) and Murugesh (38) of Basaveshwar Nagar, and Ullas (25) of Prakash Nagar.
According to police, the gemstone belonged to one Jayateertha, a native of Koppal. He was in need of money and gave it to his agent-friend Sashikant to find a buyer and carry out the sale.
The accused got to know about the gemstone and contacted Shashikant. On November 11 Shashikant told them to come to his house to finalise the deal.
Police said the accused went to Shashikant’s house and requested him to show the gemstone. They claimed that one of them was a jeweler, and he wanted to check its genuineness.
Shashikant obliged and brought the stone he had kept in the almirah. The accused examined it for nearly 30 minutes and then one of them pepper-sprayed Shashikant’s face and they fled with the stone. Shashikant did catch hold of one of the accused, but he stabbed him and fled. Shashikant sustained minor injuries.
Later he lodged a complaint with the Malleswaram police, who arrested the accused and recovered the stone.
