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Bengaluru: A family was left stunned after their domestic help vanished with 1.5 kg of gold jewellery worth over Rs 2 crore and Rs 25,000 in cash during their brief outing recently. The Nepalese woman, identified as Tulsi, had worked for the family for nearly three years and was staying with them.
When the complainant returned home around 4.30pm, he found that the bedroom cupboard had been tampered with and the safe locker containing the family’s gold jewellery and cash was missing.
A resident of a second-floor apartment in Tata Silk Farm in Basavanagudi, his family had allotted a room for Tulsi in their house for staying, according to a complaint filed by Dilip Kaparthi. A senior officer said Tulsi had been captured on camera walking out of the apartment complex with her belongings, in which she had hidden the safe. Suspecting something was amiss, he alerted Dilip who called the building’s security guard and asked him to check his house. Banashankari police were alerted about the incident. The police station staff have been creating awareness among residents under the Mane Manege Police initiative. Beat police are educating people about hiring helpers through trusted agencies and getting police verification, but most people don’t follow their instructions, Krishna added. Recently, Yelahanka police arrested a gang of four security guards who had allegedly stolen gold and silver from a house. The main accused, who was working in the victim’s house, is still at large.