Taking advantage of their trusted positions, they allegedly stole gold jewellery, biscuits and coins weighing nearly 900 grams, cumulatively valued at Rs 85,50,000, a senior official from the Nerul Police Station said
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The police have registered a case against three women domestic helps for allegedly stealing gold jewellery, biscuits and coins valued at Rs 85.5 lakh from a 64-year-old man's residence in Navi Mumbai, officials said on Wednesday, reported news agency PTI.
The theft took place between April and June at the man's house in the Nerul area, they said.
The three women worked as domestic helpers at his home during the period.
Taking advantage of their trusted positions, they allegedly stole gold jewellery, biscuits and coins weighing nearly 900 grams, cumulatively valued at Rs 85,50,000, a senior official from the Nerul Police Station said, reported PTI.
Two of the accused were from Nerul, while the third was a resident of the railway servants' quarters in neighbouring Mumbai, the official said.
"They systematically lifted the valuables while performing their duties, managing to evade the victim's attention during the entire period," the official added, reported PTI.
A case was registered on Monday against the three accused under section 306 (theft committed by a clerk or servant of property in the possession of their master or employer) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and an investigation was on, the police said.
Thane woman loses Rs 1 lakh in foreign currency exchange fraud
In another case, three unidentified persons allegedly duped a woman from Navi Mumbai of Rs 1 lakh under the pretext of providing her US currency in exchange for the Indian money, police said on Wednesday, reported PTI.
The 38-year-old woman, a resident of Badlapur in Maharashtra's Thane district, runs a small eatery at Kopri village in Navi Mumbai township.
The accused had approached her over the phone and convinced her that they would provide her with USD 1,600 in return for Rs 1 lakh, an official from APMC police station said, reported PTI.
On Monday, the accused visited the woman's eatery where she handed over Rs 1 lakh to them, but they fled without delivering the US dollars as promised, the official said.
Based on her complaint, a First Information Report (FIR) was registered the same day against the accused under sections 318(4) (cheating) and 3(5) (common Intention) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
The police were examining CCTV footage of the area and trying to get details of the phone number used by the accused to contact the victim, the official said, urging people to exercise caution while engaging in any form of unofficial currency exchange.
(With inputs from PTI)
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