Kurar Police have arrested six people, of which four are the members of the same family, and are on the lookout for two others who had duped a jeweller in Malad (E) on the pretext of looking for ornaments in the shop and stole jewellery using sleight of hand.
Police have already recovered 45 grams gold jewellery worth ₹1.9 lakh. The accused people, who belong to the Pune-based Wani family, have similar cases lodged against them at various police stations in several states.
Police said that they used the modus operandi of visiting a jewellery store in a large group and distracting the staff, while they steal the ornaments. Police tracked the accused people finding links they got through technical evidence and interrogation, leading to six arrests.
