Two Indian jewelry stores have been looted in Bay area during June
- A group of robbers looted Manisha Jewelers in Sunnyvale, less than two weeks after robbery at Kumar Jewelers in Fremont.
- Since May 2024, eight Indian jewelry stores in the Bay Area have been targeted in smash-and-grab style robberies
By Tanay Gokhale
On Sunday, June 29, a group of robbers armed with hammers looted Manisha Jewelers in Sunnyvale. This is the second robbery at an Indian jewelry store in the Bay Area this month after a similar robbery took place at Kumar Jewelers in Fremont on June 18.
According to a press release issued by the Sunnyvale Police Department, officers responded to a robbery in progress at the store location on El Camino Real. A group of suspects rammed a stolen car into the front of the building to gain entry into the store. They smashed display cases with hammers, stole the jewelry and escaped in multiple stolen cars. Police officers gave chase to the suspects’ cars but to no avail. One person inside the store sustained minor injuries and was taken to a local hospital. The case remains an open investigation.
On June 20, a similar attempt was made to rob yet another Indian jewelry store BJ Jewelers in Dublin. However, in that instance, the robbers left empty-handed because the owner of the store had emptied the display cases after hearing about the robbery at Kumar Jewelers two days prior.
Since May 2024, eight Indian jewelry stores in the Bay Area have been targeted in smash-and-grab style robberies. They are Nitin Jewelers in Sunnyvale; Bhindi Jewelers in Newark; Bombay Jewelry Company in Berkeley; PNG Jewelers in Sunnyvale; Kumar Jewelers in Fremont; BJ Jewelers in Dublin; and now, Manisha Jewelers in Sunnyvale. Of these, police have taken suspects into custody in two cases, PNG and Kumar Jewelers.
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Courtesy: India Currents
