Coimbatore: The Tamilnadu police yesterday detained five people, including a couple, for questioning in connection with the robbery of Rs 2.50 crore worth of gold and diamonds from a worker of a parcel service firm.
Earlier this month Prithvi Singh employed at a parcel service firm was waylaid by a gang while taking the parcel of jewels on a motorcycle to the airport.
The police with the help of CCTV footage near the firm picked up five people for questioning. According to media reports, three of them were watching the movement of the staff and visitors at the office just before the robbery.
The police also monitored the woman’s cell phone and confirmed her and her husband’s involvement and later it was found that they had planned the robbery.
The booty was distributed among the gang members who later left the city to different parts of the state. Special police teams have been formed to recover the jewels and the culprits would be nabbed soon, said a report.