The armed gang threatened the employees and decamped with the booty on Friday, according to a Cyberabad police press release here.
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An inter-state gang of dacoits, which allegedly struck at a finance company in Krishnagiri district of Tamil Nadu, has been arrested here and gold ornaments weighing about 25 kgs have been recovered, police said on Saturday.
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The armed gang threatened the employees and decamped with the booty on Friday, according to a Cyberabad police press release here.
After being informed by the Krishnagiri district police and representatives of the firm about the dacoity, all police stations on inter-state borders were alerted, the release said. Armed police check-posts were set up at some toll plazas near here, the release said.
After an SUV in which some of the accused were travelling crossed a toll plaza, police identified the vehicle and apprehended the accused. The police then intercepted a container-lorry in which the loot and the weapons were kept, it said.
Police recovered the ornaments weighing about 25 kgs, seven weapons, a container-lorry, an SUV and Rs 93,000 in cash. Seven members of the gang were arrested, according to the release.
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