Pune: Rs 61 lakh jewellery seized from house help in 11 theft cases

PUNE: The Wanowrie police have recovered gold ornaments worth Rs 60.93 lakh following the arrest of a maid involved in drugging and robbing 11 people, mostly elderly, in various parts of the city since 2018.
“The questioning of the woman (43) revealed she had stolen ornaments, collectively valued at around Rs86lakh, in 11 theft cases, including four registered with the Wanworie police, and one each with the Kondhwa, Yerawada, Koregaon Park, Bundgarden, Cantonment, Samarth and Khadak police,” said assistant inspector Jaywant Jadhav on Saturday.
He said, “We arrested the woman on September 4 in three cases. She is in police custody remand for the past 20 days. We have recovered ornaments from her residence in Tamil Nadu. We will also arrest her in the fourth case. Her custody will be transferred to seven other police stations for probe,” he added.
Senior inspector Deepak Lagad said, “The domestic help worked at the residence of elderly people. She would work for a few days and steal valuables after mixing sleeping pills in the residents’ meals. In the four cases registered with the Wanowrie police, she was recruited without police verification.”