She pulled off Rs 1.6-crore jewellery heist at workplace, partner stole most of it
On May 11, jewellery worth Rs 1.6 crore went missing from Abhushan Jewellers in Ahmedabad. When CCTV footage was checked, staff member Harshida Shetty was seen taking the ornaments
Harshida Shetty has been arrested a week after she stole the ornaments In an incident that flies in the face of honour among thieves, a woman who allegedly stole jewellery worth Rs 1.6 crore from a showroom where she worked was duped by her partner, who fled with most of the loot.
On May 11, jewellery worth Rs 1.6 crore went missing from Abhushan Jewellers in Ahmedabad’s Naroda area. When the store’s CCTV footage was checked, staff member Harshida Shetty (38) was seen taking ornaments from a cupboard and hiding them in her clothes. Harshida later left the store, citing urgent work.
Following the theft, a case was registered, and officers from the Detection of Crime Branch of Ahmedabad police searched for Harshida. They scanned footage of nearly 300 CCTV cameras to her trail. Eventually, they zeroed in on the city’s Nava Naroda area and arrested Harshida with stolen jewellery worth Rs 22.5 lakh.
A thief, betrayed
The question then was: where is the rest of the loot? According to the crime branch, Harshida and her friend Mayur Ashok Mali had a plan to flee the state after the jewellery heist. “After she had taken the gold jewellery from the showroom, Harshida and Mayur travelled to different cities on his bike, first going to Udaipur, then Jaipur and onwards to Delhi, staying in hotels,” a police statement said.
At a hotel in Delhi, Harshida suffered a huge betrayal. Mayur abandoned her and fled with most of the jewellery. While police have managed to take Harshida into custody, the search is on for Mayur Ashok Mali and the looted jewellery. Police have said further investigation into the case is on.
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