Begur (Gundlupet): Two car drivers, who had fled with a bag containing gold jewellery belonging to their employer have been arrested by Begur Police.

The accused are 33-year-old Manjunath alias Ravi of Bhuvaneshwari Nagar in Doddaballapur and 38-year-old Girish, a resident of Devalapura in Mysuru taluk.

The Police, who have recovered the gold ornaments, produced the two accused before a Court, which remanded them to judicial custody.

Jayaram and Shilpa Jayaram couple, residents of SS Nagar, Bannimantap in Mysuru, who had to go to Calicut in Kerala, took their drivers Manjunath and Girish along with them in their car. The couple also carried their gold jewellery with them as they felt it was safe, instead of keeping the                           jewellery at home.

On their way, they stopped near Begur KSRTC Bus Stand and went to a restaurant, leaving the jewellery bag in the car. The drivers, who had learnt about the bag containing gold jewellery, stole the jewellery bag and fled in a bus. The couple, who returned to the car from the restaurant, found the jewellery bag missing and lodged a complaint with  Begur Police.

Chamarajanagar Superintendent of Police (SP) Dr. B.T. Kavitha, Additional SP M.N. Shashidhar and Chamarajanagar Sub-Division Dy.SP Lakshmaiah constituted a team comprising Begur Inspector V.C. Vanaraju, Sub-Inspector Naveen, Lokesh and other Police personnel to probe the case.

The accused drivers were arrested and the valuables were recovered.

The investigation team included J.N. Puttaraju, Ajith Kumar, Diwakar, Shankaralingegowda, Sachin, Raju, Harish, Shivakumar and Cyber Crime division’s Venkatesh and Shankarnag.