Two held for Bengaluru house burglary; gold, silver worth Rs 72 lakh recovered
Bengaluru (PTI): Two persons have been arrested in connection with a house burglary case, and police recovered gold and silver articles collectively valued at around Rs 72 lakh, officials said on Wednesday.
The investigation began after a resident of Vishwapriya Layout here lodged a complaint at the Begur police station.
According to police, on June 16, the complainant had gone to Udupi after locking his house. When he returned two days later, he found the front door broken open and left ajar.
"Upon inspection, it was found that 330 grams of gold ornaments and 1.2 kg of silver articles kept inside a cupboard had been stolen," a senior police officer said.
After weeks of analysing CCTV footage and tracking pawn transactions, police detained a suspect near Begur Lake Koli on August 6, based on information from informants. "Upon interrogation, the suspect confessed that he and his associate were responsible for the burglary," the officer said.
The accused also revealed that the stolen gold had been pledged at three pawn shops in Kolar Gold Fields (KGF) and provided details of his accomplice. Acting on this, police recovered 233 grams of gold ornaments from the pawn shops on August 18 and 19.
The second accused was detained on September 14 in an area under the Begur police station limits.
Based on information provided by both accused, police subsequently recovered 381 grams of gold ornaments and 470 grams of silver articles between October 9 and 26 from six jewellery shops—three in Chintamani taluk and three in KGF, officials said.
In total, 614 grams of gold and 470 grams of silver were recovered. Of the 1.2 kg of silver stolen, police managed to trace a portion during the raids.
The accused also confessed to their involvement in two other house burglaries within Begur police station limits and several more in Bengaluru Rural district, police added.
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NEET student hangs self in Rajasthan's Sikar
Jaipur (PTI): A student preparing for the NEET examination allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself in a rented room in Rajasthan's Sikar on Friday, police said.
According to the police, the student allegedly hanged himself from a ceiling fan using his sister's scarf while one sister was attending coaching classes and the other was in the bathroom.
He had appeared in the NEET UG exam 2026, which was cancelled due to paper leak, they said.
Udyog Nagar SHO Rajesh Kumar said that the deceased, identified as Pradeep Meghwal, was a resident of Kanika ki Dhani village in Jhunjhunu's Gudha Gaudji area.
He had been living in a rented room in Sikar's Jaldhari Nagar area with his two sisters while preparing for NEET over the last three years.
His elder sister later found him hanging and informed the landlord and police after bringing him down, officials said.
The SHO said the body was kept at SK Hospital mortuary, and a postmortem had not been conducted.
The student's father, Rajesh Kumar Meghwal, told police that Pradeep's NEET examination had gone well and the family was expecting him to score around 650 marks.
Former Rajasthan deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot expressed grief over the incident and linked it to anxiety among students after reports of irregularities and paper leaks in NEET 2026.
Pilot said repeated paper leak incidents and cancellation of examinations were affecting students' mental health and demanded a time-bound investigation and strict action against those responsible.
