India, Sept. 7 -- A gold kalash (urn) - studded with diamonds, rubies and emeralds and worth over Rs.1 crore - was allegedly stolen from a puja pandal outside the Red Fort where a religious festival of the Jain community was underway on Wednesday, police said on Saturday. Officers said that the suspect, who was yet to be identified, posed as a person from the community, according to the CCTV footage procured by police.

The gold urn weighs about 760 grams and is studded with gems weighing 115 grams. The incident happened when the crowd was distracted for about an hour when Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla was visiting the venue on Wednesday. The event was organised with permission from Delhi Police, which deployed its personnel outside the venu...