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Mumbai crime: Cousins rob jewellery store to open one of their own
Updated On: 29 January, 2018 05:55 PM IST | Mumbai | Hajra Bi
The two 17-year-olds, who had fled to Rajasthan, told the police they wanted to open a shop themselves


One of the minors was employed by the owner of Rooplaxmi Jewellers in Dindoshi and spent his time understanding his schedule and where the store keys were kep
Two minors with dreams of opening their own jewellery shop were recently arrested as they had robbed another such store. The Dindoshi police arrested the two 17-year-old cousins from Rajasthan for stealing gold jewellery amounting to Rs 41 lakh and Rs 2 lakh in cash from the store. The owner of Rooplaxmi Jewellers at Dindoshi, Khaililal Bhimrajji Kothari, 43, had employed one of the minors on January 15. The accused was referred to him by his elder brother, who is a labourer in Nalasopara. The accused was employed as trainee who would not be paid, but Kothari accommodated him in his house. Little did he know that he was sheltering a would be thief.
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