Udupi, September 20, 2025 – Udupi City Police have cracked a daring theft at a gold melting shop in Chittaranjan Circle, arresting five accused and recovering assets valued at over Rs 87 lakh. The burglars had used a duplicate key to break the shutter lock and stolen gold, silver, and cash worth Rs 95 lakh.

The arrested individuals are Shubham Tanaji Sathe (25), Pravin Appa Sathe, Nilesh Baapu Kasturi from Solapur, Sagar Dattatreya Kandagale (32) from Solapur, and Bagav Rohit Shrimant (25).

The operation, conducted on September 12 in Malshirose taluk, Nimgaon, Solapur district, Maharashtra, led to the recovery of 748.8 grams of gold (Rs 74.88 lakh), 4 kg 445 grams of silver (Rs 3.60 lakh), Rs 5 lakh in cash, and a Maruti Swift car used in the crime (Rs 4 lakh), totaling Rs 87.48 lakh.

The breakthrough was achieved under the leadership of Inspector Manjunath V. Badiger of Udupi City Police Station.