Total gold ornaments weighing 7.05 kilograms and ₹ 11 lakh in cash were also recovered from the four accused. An ex-employee and three members of his family have been arrested for the multi-crore theft at a jewellery shop in Kosi Kalan town of Mathura.
He was well aware of the shop’s details, having targeted it while staying there for almost seven hours. A case was registered at Kosi Kalan police station as crime case no. The main accused identified as Vishnu alias Pappu Soni, 27, is an ex-employee removed from the job about eight months ago. Three others arrested are his brother Mohan Soni (22), sister and mother. “DIG Agra Range Shailesh Pandey camped at Kosi and monitored the efforts made by 10 police teams assisted by STF. Backward and forward linkages were searched through clippings of about 100 to 150 CCTV cameras and the accused was traced, but had face covered by shawl,” said ADG zone. “Police recovered gold ornaments weighing 7.05 kilogram and cash ₹ 11 lakh. A reward of ₹ 1 lakh has been declared for the team of Mathura police. 619/2026 under section 331(4)/305 BNS.
The DVR of CCTV, jacket worn by accused and screw driver used to break open the iron net were recovered near a canal on a clue given by the accused,” said ADG.
