At least 10 people have been arrested in connection with the theft of gold worth Rs 8 crore from a jewellery shop in Bhuleshwar, a police officer said on Friday. Based on specific inputs, six police teams were dispatched to Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan and the accused were nabbed for the theft that took place on January 14, an officer said.

The police have recovered most of the stolen gold, which was buried in a field in Sirohi village of Rajasthan, he said. Four of the accused had allegedly entered the shop in Bhuleshwar early January 14 and stolen around 17.4 kg of gold and gold ornaments,  the officer said. The accused had also decamped with the digital video recorder of the CCTV on the premises, as a result of which the police found it difficult to identify the men, the officer said.