Three persons have been arrested in connection with the theft of 47 sovereigns of gold jewellery from a house in Kurumbanai under Karungal police jurisdiction on Saturday.
The police have recovered 43 sovereigns of jewellery in connection with the case.
According to police, Vinishmon and his wife Ani Merila Lonsi, residents of Kurumbanai , were sleeping at their house without locking the door at night. An unidentified person entered the house and was taking the jewellery from the almirah when Ms. Ani woke up and raised an alarm. Hearing her, the suspects immediately fled the scene.
When she checked the almirah, she found approximately 47 sovereigns of gold jewellery kept in the house was missing. Ms. Ani immediately lodged a complaint at the Karungal police station. Based on that a case was registered and a special team was formed. Around 180 CCTV cameras were examined. Using tower dump analysis and scrutiny of records of habitual offenders the police suspected prime suspect as D. Sagaya Jose Antony, 24, from Keela Muttom.
An examination of the suspect’s call detail records led the police to nab two other men who allegedly received the stolen jewellery and pledged it. They were identified as F. Prakash, 34, of Cheruthikonam and A. Jayaram, 28, of Kulasekaram.
Both men were arrested on Monday and police recovered around 32 sovereigns of gold jewellery. They were subsequently remanded to judicial custody.
Meanwhile, acting on information that Sagaya Jose Antony had fled to Chennai, a special team of police traveled to Chennai, traced his whereabouts with technical assistance and arrested him. Around 11 sovereigns of gold jewellery were recovered from him.
During the investigation, the police also found that the complainant had pledged remaining four sovereigns of gold jewellery herself.
Further investigations are under way.
Published – October 21, 2026 09:28 pm IST
