Hetal Jethwa’s lie has been caught. The housewife from Charkop, whose house was robbed after two eunuchs allegedly rendered her unconscious with a spray, had lied about the entire incident, because she feared her in-laws would mortgage her jewellery. She robbed it so that she could give her children a good education. Jewellery worth Rs 8 lakh had been robbed from Hetal’s home. However, she confessed to the police that she had stolen the valuables and hidden them in her home.

Hetal Jethwa had previously claimed she was robbed by eunuchs when she was alone at home. However, when cops grilled her about the incident and showed her CCTV footage and her doctor’s statements, she broke down and confessed to stealing her own gold for securing her children’s future. Illustration/Uday Mohite