Mangaluru: Putture City Police have arrested three people for allegedly robbing gold earrings from a jewelry shop in the city on Monday.
The arrest is aunt Jaan, Hussainny and Jaithumbi from Davanagere.
They were arrested from Beeramalegudde.
The police said the store manager had filed a complaint on September 5 who alleged that three Burka Clad women had visited the store at 3:20 a.m.
on September 1 as a customer.
They bought earrings weighing 1.72 grams worth of rs 8,800 and allegedly robbing jewelers with a weight of 50 grams worth around 2.6 lakh.
They were accused of cleverly changing jewelry with other ornaments weighing 3.65 grams worth of rs 13,400.
An officer who investigated the case said that women were part of a greater gang of Chitradurga who entered gold and sold it at Andhra Pradesh.
Their actions were arrested on CCTV cameras.
They have provided the wrong address and telephone number on the day of crime.