Gujarat: Safety vault owners held for stealing valuables worth ₹2.6 cr from customers' lockers

Three family members owning Nakshatra Safe House in Surat, Gujarat, were arrested for stealing gold worth ₹ 2.67 crore from customers' lockers.

The accused—Mahesh Deora, his sons Harsh and Harikrishna, and accomplice Manilal—used duplicate keys made by a local keymaker to loot 207 tolas of gold from six lockers over a year.

Harsh Deora incurred losses of around ₹ 3 crore in the stock market, motivating the conspiracy to recover money.

The theft was discovered after a customer, Ramesh Vaghani, reported 63 tolas of gold missing; police found five other victims.

₹ 15 lakh in cash was recovered; the stolen gold was allegedly sold to cover stock market losses.