The victim’s business dismisses charges once the Kochi police break the case of the foiled gold robbery

There are certain high-profile incidents when the victims refuse to cooperate with the authorities, even after they have figured out the whole scheme. In one such recent occurrence, the police even apprehended the individual who had been working as a manager of a financial institution and had stolen 560 grams of gold. However, the company chose not to pursue the investigation, so the police were compelled to terminate the case.

When 28-year-old Rajesh arrived at the Muvattupuzha police station on February 15, he said that his brother Ramesh, a manager for a gold financing firm, had been assaulted by two thieves on bikes who had thrown chili powder in his face. A police squad arrived at their home immediately to meet Ramesh.

“In the beginning, we filed a robbery case based on Rajesh’s testimony. We later met Ramesh. However, he didn’t report any injuries, according to his brother’s account. Ramesh said that as the chili powder was sprinkling into his eyes, it hurt. After that, we went to the location of the incident to look for any information that may lead us to the suspects,” a police investigator told TNIE.

The event, according to the brothers’ accounts, happened on a road close to the Thrikka shrine in Velloorkunnam.

There were remnants of chili powder on the victim’s scooter, which was parked by the side of the road. After his business purchased 560 grams of gold jewelry from the firm’s auction, Ramesh informed us he was leaving another gold financing firm to return to his own. The policeman said that the burglars were able to take the gold jewelry from him by putting chili pepper inside the laptop bag.

Reports on news networks soon followed, and the word quickly spread like wildfire. Even a newspaper’s top page included a piece on the crime.

It was one of the biggest thefts in these regions in recent memory. At the murder scene, nothing seemed out of the ordinary. It seemed as if there had been a real robbery attempt,” he said.

Finding the car that the thieves were using was the police’s first action. In these situations, the vehicle’s identity is vital. Therefore, our team went over the full length of CCTV tape. We were informed that the event happened about 1:30 p.m. However, after looking through the CCTV video of cars traveling around the area between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m., Ramesh’s vehicle was not seen. This time, we also looked through cell phones that were registered at surrounding cell towers. However, that endeavor also proved ineffective, the officer said.

As a result, the police unit chose to use the more conventional approach to their investigation, which included questioning locals and business owners about any cars that they may have seen driving by in an odd way. But no one remembered ever seeing a two-wheeler like it. The police next looked for people who had been detained for thefts similar to this one in the past, but they were unable to find any evidence of these people anywhere close to the crime site.

“We verified whether Ramesh had really gone to the financing company to buy the gold jewelry, and the assertion turned out to be accurate. We also looked through his cell phone, but nothing unusual turned up,” the officer said.

The inquiry came to a standstill. There was no trace of the thieves. As a result, the police chose to re-record Ramesh’s testimony.

Finding any fresh information that might enable us to track down the accused was the plan. There were factual discrepancies in the second encounter. As a result, we went into questioning mode. At last, he admitted that the whole tale about the theft was made up,” the officer said.

Ramesh said that he staged the robbery because he was in dire need of money. Twenty lakh rupees worth of gold was discovered in his office, and another six lakhs worth of gold jewelry were discovered at a location close to the shrine. But even after working on the case for more than twenty-four hours, the police were forced to end it because the financing business, which employed Ramesh and held the stolen gold, chose not to pursue the case.

They claimed not to have any complaints. Rajesh’s allegation served as the basis for the FIR that we filed. During the trial, it would not be admissible in court. Therefore, even though we had the accused in our custody, we were forced to conclude the investigation. In the police department, instances like this are frequent. Recently, even after we were able to liberate the kidnapped individual from his captors, he refused to file a report, the officer said.

Since the case is concluded, certain names have been altered.

Heist of gold

Rajesh recently went to the Muvattupuzha police station to report that two thieves had assaulted his brother Ramesh and taken five hundred kilos of gold. The story eventually caught around like wildfire and headlines started to surface on news networks. Even though the police were able to identify the offender, the case has been closed for some time.

CasE journal