Dacoits Kidnap Goldsmith, Loot 1.5 kg Gold
Udupi: Four armed men kidnapped a goldsmith and looted 1.5 Kg of gold, while he was alighting from a bus at Manipal here on March 17 night.
According to the police goldsmith Dilip from Kerala after distributing gold ornaments to various Jewellery shops in Moodbidri, boarded the Udupi route bus to go to Manipal. When the bus reached the downtown bus stop, four armed men who were also travelling in the bus following Dilip alighted the bus. All the four forcibly pushed Dilip in a car and sped away. At Padubidri after taking away all the gold ornaments from Dilip, they pushed him out of the car and fled.
A case has been filed in the Manipal police station and search is on for the culprits.