Mangalore: City Sleuths Arrest Domestic Help; Recover Stolen Cash, Jewellery
Daijiworld Media Network—Mangalore (RD/CN)
Pic: Dayanand Kukkaje
Mangalore, Sep 7: City sleuths arrested a domestic help in connection with a theft, on Saturday September 6. The arrested has been identified as Laxmi (25), a resident of Kunjatbail.
Police also recovered Rs 2 .5 lac in cash and silver jewellery from her. Laxmi had stolen this from the house of a Ramesh Suvarna, located in front of Mangala playground, Gandhi Nagar, where she had worked from the beginning of March to the end of August.
She had given a portion of the loot to her sister Bharati, for safe-keeping. Barke police registered a case against Laxmi, following a complaint lodged by Ramesh and Urmila Suvarna.
City north sub-inspector G Umesh Shet, Barke, head constable Mohandas, policemen Santosh Kumar Sasihitlu, Satish M R, and Balakrishna, and police constable Jalajakshi, were involved in her arrest. Laxmi was later presented in court, police sources informed.