Pune: 2 employees held for stealing ornaments worth Rs 8 lakh from jewellery store

PUNE: The Vishrambaug police on Monday arrested two employees including a woman on the charge of stealing ornaments worth Rs 8.10 lakh from a jewellery store at Sadashiv Peth on Laxmi road in a phased manner over the last one year.
A magisterial court has sent the duo in police custody remand till October 5.
Senior inspector Sunil Mane on Monday said, “The jeweler told police that the duo would show a lesser stock to cover up their thefts. The theft came to light after the jeweler re-checked the stock and found gold and diamond studded ornaments stolen.”
The jeweler in his complaint said that the employees stole one ornament each while closing the store between January 2021 and September 30 this year.
Mane said, “We have arrested the employees after receiving a complaint from the jeweler. We are questioning them to recover the stolen ornaments.”
An FIR relating to employees committing theft under the relevant section of the Indian Penal Code was lodged.