Six days after a Thrissur-based jeweller and his aide were carjacked on the Salem – Kochi highway (NH 544) near Tamil Nadu – Kerala border and robbed of 1.25 kg of gold, the Coimbatore District (Rural) Police were not able to make any breakthrough as on Thursday.
The special teams that went to different parts of Kerala in search of the accused reportedly returned to Coimbatore after they could not make progress, police sources said.
Jeweller Jaison Jacob, 55, of Thrissur and his employee S. Vishnu were targeted by a group of men, who intercepted their car on the highway at K.G. Chavadi around 5.45 a.m. on June 14.
T.N.-Kerala border stretch of NH 544 continues to be preferred turf of highway robbers, carjackers
While a truck waylaid Mr. Jacob’s car near a fuel station, other gang members, who tailed the duo in another vehicle, struck at them. They carjacked Mr. Jacob, along with Mr. Vishnu, and robbed them of 1.25 kg of gold, before leaving them on the road after travelling for some distance. The robbery took place when the duo was heading to Thrissur, after purchasing gold from Tamil Nadu.
