Archive · 21 Aug 2026
Jewellery Thefts: Maharashtra Gang Escapes as Gujarat Burglars Trapped
A group of thieves visited a jewellery shop in Maharashtra while pretending to be customers.
Four women wore burqas, and two men were also part of the group.
They distracted workers and secretly took a box containing gold jewellery.
The stolen jewellery weighed about 1.5 kilograms and was worth at least Rs 2 crore.
Police are studying security-camera footage to identify the suspects.
In a separate case in Gujarat, two men entered another jewellery shop to steal from it.
Local people closed the shop’s shutter, trapping the men inside.
The men called the police, who rescued and arrested them and found jewellery and burglary tools.
Six suspects, including four burqa-wearing women and two men, allegedly stole 1.5 kilograms of gold jewellery from a Maharashtra showroom.
The jewellery taken from Vishwas Jewellers in Shahganj was estimated to be worth at least Rs 2 crore.
Police said the Maharashtra gang entered at different times, surveyed the premises, distracted staff and used a concealed hand to remove a box.
In Gujarat, two men attempting to rob BJ Jewellers became trapped after locals lowered the shop’s shutter.
The trapped suspects called the 112 helpline, and police arrested them while recovering jewellery and burglary tools.
- Who
- In Maharashtra, a six-member gang allegedly stole jewellery; in Gujarat, police arrested Dinesh Sonkar and Vipin Pathak after an attempted burglary.
- What
- A jewellery showroom lost about 1.5 kilograms of gold jewellery, while a separate burglary attempt was stopped after two suspects were trapped inside a shop.
- When
- The Maharashtra theft was reported after CCTV footage was reviewed on Thursday; the Gujarat burglary attempt occurred late Wednesday in the same week.
- Where
- The theft occurred at Vishwas Jewellers in Shahganj, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar district, Maharashtra. The attempted burglary occurred at BJ Jewellers in Sanjan village, Valsad district, Gujarat.
- Why
- The Maharashtra suspects allegedly posed as customers, surveyed the showroom and distracted staff to steal the jewellery; the Gujarat suspects allegedly entered the shop to commit theft.
- Maharashtra suspects
- Four women wearing burqas and two men
- Maharashtra haul
- About 1.5 kilograms of gold jewellery
- Estimated value
- At least Rs 2 crore
- Maharashtra location
- Vishwas Jewellers, Shahganj, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar district
- Gujarat suspects
- Dinesh Sonkar and Vipin Pathak
- Gujarat location
- BJ Jewellers, Sanjan village, Valsad district
- Recovered items
- Jewellery and burglary tools were seized from the Gujarat suspects