1987 Opera House heist

1987 Opera House heist
Date19 March 1987 (1987-03-19)
Time2:15 pm IST
LocationTribhovandas Bhimji Zaveri & Sons Jewellers, Opera House, Bombay, India
Coordinates18°55′30″N 72°49′11″E / 18.92500°N 72.81972°E / 18.92500; 72.81972
Also known asTBZ Opera House robbery
OutcomeJewellery and cash worth 2.3 to 3.5 million stolen

On 19 March 1987, a group posing as Central Bureau of Investigation officers executed a fake raid on the Opera House branch of Tribhovandas Bhimji Zaveri & Sons Jewellers in Bombay (present-day Mumbai), Maharashtra, India. The raid was led by an unknown man who had assembled the group by inviting the candidates for fake recruitment interview. The unknown man disappeared with the spoils of the raid. The case remains unsolved.


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