Bengaluru police recover M.M. Somaya’s 1980 Olympic gold medal, seven other international medals; two arrested

Bengaluru The Indiranagar police have arrested two habitual offenders and recovered eight international sports medals, including a gold medal won at the 1980 Moscow Olympics, which were stolen from the residence of former hockey player M.M. Somaya at B.M. Kaval in Bengaluru.

1980 Moscow Olympics gold medal stolen from home of hockey star M.M. Somaya in Bengaluru storyline 1 The recovered medals include the Olympic gold medal won at the 1980 Moscow Games, a silver medal from the 1982 Asian Games, a bronze medal from the 1986 Seoul Asian Games, a bronze medal from the 1982 Champions Trophy in Amsterdam and a gold medal from the Loiano tournament in Italy. The collection also included participation medals from the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics and the 1988 Seoul Olympics, besides a silver medal associated with the 300th birth anniversary celebrations of Guru Gobind Singh.

Police also recovered a traditional dagger of the Kodava community, a camera and an Olympic kit bag, along with the two-wheeler allegedly used to commit the offence. How the medals were stolen The theft took place when Mr.