Editor’s Note
**Editor’s Note:** This report details a sophisticated theft at a Ghaziabad Tanishq showroom, where a salesman and an accomplice allegedly stole jewelry worth over ₹2.5 crore after drugging staff during a fake birthday party. The case highlights significant security lapses and is under active investigation.
A salesman at a Tanishq jewelry store in Ghaziabad, in collusion with an accomplice, stole gold, silver, and gem-studded ornaments worth over two and a half crore rupees. The suspects plied staff with alcohol under the pretext of a birthday party, stole the keys, and fled after the heist.
According to an audit by the Tanishq group and police sources, the thieves made off with approximately three kilograms of gold, silver, and gem-studded jewelry. However, the victim has not yet provided the police with a detailed list of the stolen items, possibly to avoid disclosing details to GST and income tax authorities.
On June 5, Nitin Verma, working as a salesman at the Tanishq Jewelers showroom, hosted a birthday party for other salesmen, security guards, and the cashier on Thursday night at a roadside eatery in RDC. He plied them with alcohol, stole the cashier’s keys, and then committed the theft at the Tanishq showroom.
Nitin carried out the theft while wearing the showroom’s sales uniform, so that if the case came to light, he could claim he was an employee of the showroom. The location of both suspects has been traced to Meerut district.
According to police sources, Nitin Verma and Titu have struck a deal with a jeweler in the Sarrafa market of Meerut district to sell the stolen ornaments. Three teams from the Commissionerate Police have set up camp in Meerut district, and police sources claim that both accused will be arrested soon.