Mysuru/Gundlupet, Nov. 22 -- Gang robs goldsmith on Bandipur-Kerala route; flees with gold worth Rs. 1.5 crore

In a major gold heist, a gang of five to six armed dacoits robbed a Kerala-based goldsmith of a 1.2-kg gold bar worth an estimated Rs. 1.5 crore between the Bandipur and Nagarahole forest stretch recently.

The victim, Vinu, a goldsmith from Calicut, was travelling in a Maruti Brezza (KL-58-V-1595), along with his friend from Kadakola in Nanjangud, towards Kerala on Nov. 20, when the gang struck at 7.30 pm near the Maddur Forest Check-post on the Bandipur-Kerala route towards Moolehole.

According to Police sources, Vinu had just purchased the gold bar from a Mandya-based goldsmith, who delivered it to him at Kadakola. As Vinu a...