A young woman battling depression was allegedly brainwashed by a brother-sister duo from Delhi, leading her to steal around 4 kg of gold, silver, diamonds, and other jewellery from her family.  The incident came to light last month when the woman’s family in Mumbai discovered their locker emptied of valuables. Reviewing CCTV footage, they were stunned to find out it was their daughter. 

According to the police sources, the complainant, a 58-year-old in the hotel business running a chain of veg restaurants in the city residing at Malad East with his wife and 26-year-old son, had a daughter who married and was residing with her husband in Surat.