West Bengal: Maid steals diamond ring, slaps 62-year-old owner

HOWRAH: Baby Devi, a domestic help working at 62-year-old Sharda Rathi's house in Howrah's Golabari, was arrested on Thursday for stealing a diamond ring worth Rs 1.10 lakh from Rathi's dressing table drawer. Earlier, when Rathi could not find the ring and asked Baby about it, the help slapped her and left her house. Police later recovered the ring from Baby.
"The maid and the jeweller, who allegedly bought the ring from her, have been arrested," said Bhavna Gupta, ADC of Howrah City Police. The jeweller has been identified as Ananda Saha. Rathi said she took off the ring and placed it inside a drawer before going to the washroom. Just as she entered the washroom, she saw the maid get into her bedroom to clean it. Later, when she came out and opened the drawer, she found the ring missing.

Soon, Rathi called other members of her family and told the maid she wanted to search her. At this stage, the maid allegedly slapped her before fleeing the spot. Rathi's grandson Anurag lodged a complaint against the maid with Golabari police.

Police launched a raid and found Devi in her relative's house in Liluah. She confessed selling the ring to Saha, a Liluah jeweller, for Rs 80,000.