Employees of jewelry store booked for stealing gold worth Rs 6 crore in Banjara Hills

The city police booked a case against eight employees of a jewelry store, Sri Krishna Jewelers Private Limited, in Banjara Hills for allegedly stealing gold bars worth Rs 6 crore.

The theft was discovered recently during an internal auditing taken up by the company following which the management approached the Banjara Hills police and lodged a complaint.

According to the police,



two employees – Uday Kumar and B Srikanth, were found to have stolen and gold bars during the internal enquiry by the company’s management. Upon questioning, Srikanth revealed that Uday Kumar, with the help of several other employees, orchestrated the theft over a long period. Other employees including Chintu, Satya, Ajay, Tinku, and Chandra, were allegedly operating under the instructions of Sukhetu Shah, the company’s manager.