Three accused in Pilathara gold robbery case in Keralam’s Kannur arrested

The Payyannur police in Kannur, Keralam, have arrested three key accused in the Pilathara gold robbery case, in which a car carrying a Maharashtra family was allegedly attacked and gold and cash around ₹55 lakh was stolen.

The accused, identified as P. Sayooj, 32; V. Jishnu, 36; and M. Sundaran, 42; were arrested from Mysuru in Karnataka. The arrested will be brought to Kannur, their arrests formally recorded and produced in court. Earlier, the police had arrested Sanu Santhosh, 42, of Anjampeedika in Kannur, in connection with the case.

The robbery took place around 10 p.m. on June 2, 2026, when the accused allegedly intercepted and attacked the car and looted the cash and gold. According to a complaint filed by Kumar Jalandhar Nigam of Maharastra, 25 g of gold kept in his wife’s bag was also stolen.

A case was registered against the accused under section 310 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS)

The car was later abandoned and was found near the Pilathara Cooperative college with clothes from inside the vehicle strewn on the ground. A security guard at the college was the first to notice the abandoned car and he informed the Pariyaram police. The police subsequently launched an investigation into the incident, which led to the arrests.