LUCKNOW, Dec. 15 -- Four accused aged between 33 and 75 were arrested for stealing diamond jewellery from a Tanishq showroom in Gomti Nagar using a distraction-based theft method, police said on Sunday. The arrests were made on Saturday for the theft which took place on December 11. The quartet allegedly stole two diamond-studded bangles from the showroom, they added.

Senior officers reviewed CCTV footage and activated surveillance inputs. Acting on a tip-off, a joint team of the crime and surveillance units of the eastern zone, along with Gomti Nagar police, arrested the accused near Gwari bridge on Saturday and recovered four diamond-studded bangles, Gomti Nagar SHO BC Tiwari said.

Describing their modus operandi, police said the accu...