Mangaluru : A jewellery shop robbed in a board daylight and stolen 1.8 kg of gold and Rs. 3,000 in cash at Bhavanti Street here on Saturday Feb. 7.

The Mangaluru North police said that a group of persons entered the shop from the back by reportedly digging a hole through the outer wall.

The police said that the hole was dug after the owner Manjunath Sanu, a resident of Mannagudde, locked the shop and left for his house for lunch around 2 p.m.

Mr. Sanu had reportedly switched off three closed-circuit television cameras before going for lunch.

The police said that there were clues that persons known to Mr. Sanu were involved in the theft.

The police have collected fingerprints and other evidence.

Councillor Poornima has lodged a complaint at the Mangalore North police station about alleged vulgar videos that she has been receiving on her phone through a social messaging app.

The councillor alleged she had received some photographs related to an alleged communal trouble from the same number.