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Belagavi: Kingpin behind stealing 5 kg gold from seized car arrested

04:51 PM Jun 07, 2021 | Team Udayavani |

Belagavi: Police officials from Sankeshwar here arrested the mastermind behind the robbery of gold from a vehicle seized by police.

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The arrested kingpin has been identified as Kiran Virangouda.

The Sankeshwar police received a tip-off that a deal to buy the gold has been struck and arrested the dealmaker Kiran.

The case pertains to stealing gold from a car that was secretly smuggling it from Mangaluru to Mumbai in January 2021.

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After seizing it the car was parked at the police station. The owner of the car had contracted Kiran to procure the gold hidden in the car.

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