Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru (SP)
Mangaluru, Jul 26: During the marriage ceremony organized at a private hall, Hampankatta in the city on Wednesday July 24, two and half sovereigns of gold ornaments were stolen. A complaint about it was registered in Pandeshwar police station here.
When the ceremony was in progress, a burqa-clad woman led a two-year-old child that was in the marriage hall, away. After reliving the child of a neck chain weighting one and half sovereigns and bangle weighing one sovereign of gold, the woman escaped. The value of stolen items has been put at Rs 49,000.
Screengrab from CCTV footage
The theft being committed as above was recorded by CCTV cameras inside the hall. The police have collected the footage. The video footage of the said theft also was shared extensively in social websites.
A case about this theft was registered in Pandeshwar police station.