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<\/div>\nThe owner speculated that the thieves gained entry through an adjacent vacant shop.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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They drilled a hole in a wall of a shop in a busy market and stole jewellery and cash worth lakhs. Not just jewellery, they also took away the CCTV cameras with them. The real-life heist at a Delhi jewellery store was reminiscent of scenes from the popular Netflix show ‘Money Heist’ but a real-life heist.<\/p>\n
The owner of the shop at Chandni Chowk’s Dariba Kalan market got the shock of his life this morning when he saw the ornament showcase was empty.<\/p>\n
“This is a very old shop. When I tried to open the shutter this morning, I couldn’t, I called a man for help. When he lifted the shutter, he said that all the jewellery on the counter was gone. When the shutter was lifted, I saw the showcase was empty and there was a gaping hole in one of the walls,” said Kirit Bhai Soni.<\/p>\n
Mr Soni speculated that the thieves gained entry through an adjacent vacant shop, drilling their way into his establishment.<\/p>\n
He said that the thieves had made away with nearly Rs 1 lakh cash and 14 kg of silver jewellery.<\/p>\n
The traders in the area are shocked at the incident as there is a lot of hustle-bustle at the Dariba Kalan market even at night.<\/p>\n
Another shopkeeper insisted that it was a “pre-planned” crime and also highlighted the lack of security arrangements at the market.<\/p>\n
“This looks like a pre-planned crime. This couldn’t have been done without a recce because they have drilled a hole into the wall and taken away the cameras also,” said Deepak Soni.<\/p>\n
“There are not many CCTV cameras here (at the market). The ones that are here don’t work. There’s a security guard also but he is almost always unavailable, he added.<\/p>\n
Police have registered a case and said they were scanning the nearby CCTV cameras. The police called forensic experts to aid in the investigation.<\/p>\n
A similar incident happened last year when a thief broke into a jewellery store in south Delhi’s Jangpura and escaped with ornaments worth crores. He entered the terrace of a four-storey building next to the store, reached the ground floor where the strongroom was located, disconnected CCTV cameras, and drilled a hole into the wall to enter the locker.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n