The police on Monday launched an investigation into an incident in which a gang of robbers broke into the office of a private finance firm at Mandiram, near Changassery, and decamped with cash and gold ornaments worth over ₹1 crore.
According to the police, the robbery took place at the office of Sudha Finance, run by A.R. Parameswaran Nair, a local resident. Preliminary investigations suggested that the gang broke into the building using a gas cutter on Saturday midnight.
Apart from the gold ornaments and ₹8 lakh in cash, the thieves stole the digital video recorder of the building’s CCTV network.
A special team has been constituted to probe the incident. The police are also looking into the possible involvement of an inter-State gang of professional thieves.
