4 fake taxmen held for stealing gold jewellery

BENGALURU: Four persons were arrested for allegedly robbing two employees of a Kerala jeweller in the guise of income tax officers. They are from Kolhapur in Maharashtra.
The CCB team, which arrested the four on Monday with the help of Maharashtra police, recovered 4kg of gold jewellery worth Rs. 1.5 crore.
The incident happened on November 6 night when the two employees boarded a bus at Kalasipalyam to Central Silk Board junction.
The four got into the bus claiming to be tax officials, and ordered the two to alight at Jayanagar. The quartet then snatched the gold jewels from the duo and escaped in an autorickshaw.
Both the employees and the culprits were reportedly from Maharashtra, DCP (southeast) Rohini Katoch Sepat said.