206 Tolas Gold Missing from Nakshatra Safe Vault in Surat; Owners Among 4 Booked

July 28, 2026
Gujarat Surat

Surat: Singanpor police have registered a case against four people, including the three owners of a private safe deposit vault and a helper, after 206 tolas of gold worth ₹2.67 crore allegedly went missing from customers’ lockers.

The accused have been identified as Harsh Diyora, his brother Harikrishna Diyora, their father Mahesh Diyora, and Manilal, who allegedly assisted in breaking open lockers. They have been booked for criminal breach of trust and criminal conspiracy.

The case surfaced after builder Ramesh Jivraj Vaghani filed a complaint with Singanpor police. Vaghani had been renting a locker at Nakshatra Safe Vault since 2020 by paying an annual fee of ₹1,700. He had stored 63 tolas of gold jewellery worth ₹81.90 lakh in the locker.

On July 11, Vaghani’s family visited the vault to collect jewellery for a family function but found the locker empty. When they asked to check the CCTV footage, Harsh Diyora allegedly refused to show recordings beyond a certain period and claimed the CCTV hard disk backup was not working. The complainant also alleged that Diyora behaved aggressively.

During the investigation, police found that five other customers had also reported missing gold from their lockers. The victims were identified as Chirag Goti (62 tolas), Rajesh Pipaliya (49 tolas), Utsav Savani (16 tolas), Jitendra Balar (13 tolas), and Ramesh Savji Vaghani (3 tolas). Altogether, 206 tolas of gold belonging to six customers, valued at ₹2.67 crore, is suspected to have been stolen.

Preliminary investigations revealed that Manilal allegedly helped the Diyora family open the lockers and remove the jewellery. As news of the alleged theft spread, several customers rushed to the vault to withdraw their valuables.

Police said further investigation into the case is underway. DeshGujarat

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