The mastermind behind the infamous Lalitha Jewellery robbery, N Murugan alias Thiruvarur Murugan (46) who was affected with several health issues died in Jail. Murugan surrendered before the court a year ago after the robbery from Lalitha, and was lodged in the central prison at Parappana Agrahara, Karnataka. Murugan was previously suffering with several complications.
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Police said Murugan was unwell since a few months. On October 12, he was admitted to Bowring Hospital for treatment, where he died. Murugan was a mastermided thief. He led an inter-state gang that involved in burglaries across Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Puducherry. On October 2, 2019, Lalitha Jewellery, a three-storeyed building near Chathiram bus stand in Tiruchirappalli district, was burgled by masked men gaining entry by drilling a hole in its wall.
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The next day, the Tamil Nadu Police released CCTV footage, and upon Laitha Jewellery management complaint police stated that jewellery worth Rs 13 crore had been stolen. A week later Murugan surrendered. A resident of Thiruvarur, Murugan had many cases pending against him in Bengaluru, Chennai and other parts of South India. He rented out a house with his family few months back in Trichy and sketched the plan to rob, he never used a mobile Phone in Lalitha store surrounding, precautionary measure to escape from the Police.
