BENGALURU: A Nepalese couple and their two associates are on the run after looting gold, diamond ornaments and other valuables worth Rs 15.15 crore from a jeweler’s house in Hosahalli Extension within police station limits Vijaynagar.

Surendra Kumar Jain (46), who owns reputed Arihant Jewelers in Vidyaranya Nagar on Magadi Road, filed a police complaint on Thursday after he found 8 kg of gold, 212 grams of diamond ornaments, Rs 40.80 lakh in cash and other valuables missing. from his house.

The incident took place between November 1 and 7, when the Jain family had gone to Gujarat. The suspects, identified as prime accused Namraj, his wife Sushmitha, Dyankaran and Rajesh, are suspected to have escaped to Nepal.

The accused couple had been working for Jain — the husband as a security guard and the wife as a domestic help — for the past six months and were staying in the servant’s room.

In the complaint, Jain stated that there were seven workers in his shop, where Namraj was working as a security guard. Namraj also worked as a gardener in Jain’s residence. Jain’s five sisters, who had also gone to Gujarat, had kept all their gold ornaments at his house since he was a security guard.

“Jain and his family returned home around 3.30 am on Thursday and learned about the theft. When they went to the servant’s room, Namraj and his wife were missing and their mobile phones were switched off. A police team will go to Nepal to arrest the accused,” an officer said.

A case of theft under Section 306 of the NBS has been registered against the accused.