India News | Mathura: 2 Held for Looting Jewellery, Other Items Worth Rs 60 Lakh

Mathura, Aug 18 (PTI) Police on Tuesday arrested two members of a gang after a brief exchange of fire, hours after they looted jewellery and other items worth Rs 60 lakh from a goldsmith's home here, an official said.

The accused, Anil Jatav and Krishna Murari Sharma, received injuries in the encounter and have been admitted to a hospital in Vrindavan, the police said.

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They were held in Anantam city under the Brindavan police station by a team of police, SOG and SWAT.

"A total of 8.920 kilograms of looted silver, two pistols, two live and five empty cartridges and a motorcycle used to commit the crime were recovered from them," SP City Udai Shankar Singh said.

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They looted a house of a goldsmith in Govind Nagar Police station in Mathura on Monday.

The accused told police that they had planned to sell the looted jewellery.

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