Jewelery worth Rs 4 crore stolen in posh area of Delhi, accused driver arrested from Rajasthan
A high-profile case of theft came to light in a posh area of Delhi, which brought the relationship between the owner and the driver under question. During Navratri, when the house was empty, the driver opened the locker and took out jewelery worth Rs 4 crore. The police exposed the entire game.
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Even after committing the theft, the accused kept coming to his duty. (Photo: Representational)
Police has revealed the theft of jewelery worth Rs 4 crore that took place during Navratri in Anand Niketan area of Delhi. In this case, the driver of the victim woman has been arrested from Rajasthan. 30 year old Mahendra Dan is a resident of Nagaur, Rajasthan. He was working as a driver in the woman’s house for the last four years. Taking advantage of the trust, he made away with jewelery worth crores.
The victim woman had lodged a complaint on September 28 about jewelery missing from her house. The case was very complicated in the initial stages, because there were no signs of forced entry or breaking of the lock in the house. Then the police started examining the technical evidence in detail. The police resorted to field surveillance, technical analysis and manual intelligence. After this, gradually the needle of suspicion started pointing towards Mahendra Daan.
Police investigation revealed that during Navratri, when the owner had gone out of the house, Mahendra saw the opportunity and opened the locker. He had complete knowledge of the location of the locker and the activities inside the house. He was facing financial crisis for a long time. After the theft incident, instead of leaving the job in panic, he continued doing his duty as usual. This way no one even suspected him.
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Police investigation revealed that the accused had sent most of the stolen goods to his village in Rajasthan. He had hidden only two gold biscuits in a rented house in Shahdara, Delhi. On November 22, based on technical input, the police traced Mahendra to his village and arrested him the next day. The police have recovered all the items including stolen jewelery from him.
The recovered items include several solitaire diamond rings, earrings, a diamond necklace set, tennis bracelet, luxury watches and two gold biscuits. During interrogation, Mahendra admitted that he had committed the theft because he needed money. But the police were also surprised that even after the theft, the accused continued working with the victim woman as before for months. At present the investigation of the case is going on.
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