Five months after a bank burglary in Karnataka's Davanagere district, police have arrested six first-time offenders. The mastermind, Vijay Kumar from Madurai, extensively planned the heist by watching crime dramas and documentaries. Motivated by a rejected loan application, they looted 17.7kg of gold worth nearly Rs 16 crore.
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