Tiruchy: Unidentified men stole about 35 Kgs of gold, diamonds and platinum ornaments on Tuesday late night in Lalitha Jewellery show room in Tiruchy.

   According to the police the unidentified men wore cosmic masks and stolen away. The show room in the Chathiram bus stand area came to light only on Wednesday morning when the employees opened the show room at 9 am and found the jewel racks cleaned out. The management of the Jewellery show room had placed six guards on night duty outside the show room.

   The burglars had managed to fox the CCTV cameras by one of them wearing the masks of Walt Disney character one wore a dog’s mask and another had a cat’s mask covering the face making identification difficult. Also, they wore gloves to make sure no finger prints were left behind.   

  Three of the seven special teams are engaged in checking out the CCTV footages obtained from nearby buildings in hope that the thieves took off their masks when they escaped from the shop.

   The Tiruchy DSP Zia-ul- Haq told reporters there were similarities between this robbery and the one carried out by drilling hole in the wall to loot jewels from the lockers of Punjab National Bank in Tiruchy district in January.