27 November,2010 06:29 AM IST | | Shiva Devnath
Police searching for woman and teenage girl caught stealing jewellery on CCTV
Two brazen women made off with jewellery worth Rs 1.4 lakh from a shop in Virar, but were caught in the act on a CCTV camera.
The Virar police have launched a manhunt for the duo a woman and a teenage girl who are visible on the CCTV footage. The theft was detected only when the staff was packing up at the end of the day.
A CCTV footage of a woman and a teenage girl who made off with jewellery worth Rs 1.4 lakh from Kamalkumar Shankarlal Jewellers in Virar
Kamalkumar, owner, Kamalkumar Shankarlal Jewellers, said that a woman walked in the shop with a girl at 11.30 yesterday. The girl asked a salesperson to show her some earrings.
When the salesman turned to attend to other customers, the woman turned her back towards him, and covered the girl.
The girl stealthily slid her hand in the glass counter, snatched four gold bangles, and hid them in her clothes.
"Pretending that they didn't like the displayed ornaments, the duo left casually. It was only when we were packing up for the day, we realised that the bangles were missing.
Suspecting robbery, we replayed the CCTV footage and found that the girl had indeed stolen the bangles when the salesman was looking elsewhere," said Kamalkumar.
The Virar police have lodged a case of robbery against the two women and are looking for them.
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"They were professionals. We have seen similar cases, but this is the first time that women have been caught on camera," said PI Bharat Choudhary, Virar police station.
The police suspect that a robber gang has become active in the area and have instructed all jewellers to be alert and inform the police as soon as they spot any suspicious person in their shop.
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Number of gold bangles that the thieves flicked
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Number of burqa-clad women who were nabbed last month stealing from a jewellery store in Bhuleshwar
In 2006, the Maharashtra Jewellers Association in Pune had moved a proposal to ban veiled women inside jewellery stores after a series of thefts
