The MHB Colony police have arrested three people for allegedly stealing gold jewellery worth over R13 crore. The trio are Jignesh Kuchdia, 19, an employee of a Rajkot-based gold firm; his father, Nathabhai Kuchdia; and his friend, Yash Jivabhai, 23. According to the police, the theft was part of a well-planned conspiracy masterminded by Nathabhai.

Jignesh and his senior colleague, Ajay Sureshbhai Ghagda, 27, had arrived in Mumbai on June 20 after a multi-state gold delivery assignment. The two worked for JP Export Gold and Diamond Jewellery, a Rajkot-based firm owned by one Chetan Soni, and were tasked with bartering gold jewellery and in return for gold bars across Gujarat, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh.