The Delhi police with help of the Bhubaneswar Commssionerate police on Tuesday arrested a woman on the charges of decamping with gold and other jewelleries from the residence of her owner in the Mehrauli area in New Delhi.
Later, the stolen jewellery was recovered from her possession. The accused was identified as Sujata Mohapatra of Salia Sahi under the Nayapalli police station in the city.
Later, she was produced in the Bhubaneswar SDJM court and taken on transit remand by the Delhi police. The accused, who was engaged as a domestic help in the house of the victim, had stolen gold and diamond jewellery worth crores of rupees along with a male friend, when the latter had gone to attend a wedding. Then they fled to Bhubaneswar and booked a room in a hotel at the Raj Mahal Square.
After learning about the loot, the house owner lodged a complaint with Mehrauli police in this connection. Acting on the FIR, the Delhi cops reported the matter to the Commissionerate police here. Following which a three-member team of the Delhi police with the help of Capital police here conducted a raid on the hotel in Raj Mahal area and arrested the woman.
However, her male accomplice managed to give a slip to police.