Mangaluru, Sep 04, 2020: Three men from Dakshina Kannada were arrested for trying to sell diamond crystals worth Rs 40 lakh to a shop in Bengaluru. The arrested are Praveen Kumar from Belthangady, Sudhir from Belanduru and Ravikumar from Balnadu. Police have seized nine rare crystals and a car from the accused. It is not known as to how they laid their hands on the precious stone.
It is learnt, the car belonged to the relatives of the accused. They had approached a jewellery store near City Market on September 1 night when the cops raided the place and took them into custody. The diamonds were concealed in a red ladies purse wrapped in a blue paper.