Mumbai: Kandivali Police arrested a househelp who robbed an elderly couple of their valuables and produced a run for it following she gained their trust on the pretext of taking care of the senior citizens. The accused lady had decamped with valuables worth Rs 2.61 lakh and was arrested from Vasai on November 25. She has been booked below relevant sections of the IPC for theft.
According to police, the househelp, Sangeeta Nakti, 37, was employed at the residence of elderly couple, aged 83 and 78 years, just two months ago, to assist them out with every day chores as their little ones had been primarily based in Singapore. Nakti, nonetheless, had her eyes on the gold ornaments and valuables. Police think, amongst October 1 and November 9, Nakti stole 4 gold bangles weighing 70 grams and resigned from the job.
When the elderly couple realised that the gold bangles had been missing, they approached Kandivali Police and lodged a complaint against Nakti. Considering that the maid had duped the elderly couple, police started a probe and traced Nakti at Vajreshwari Road in Vasai on November 25. Police arrested Nakti and learnt for the duration of the probe that she was a thief, who had prior situations registered against her at Dahisar, Andheri and Kandivali, exactly where she had applied a equivalent modus operandi.
Nakti revealed for the duration of questioning that she had mortgaged the gold bangles at a jewellery shop, which was recovered and handed more than the elderly couple. Police booked Nakti below relevant sections of the IPC for theft by clerk or servant of house in possession of master (section 381). She was produced in a neighborhood magistrate court, exactly where Nakti was remanded in police custody for additional probe.