By PTI
NEW DELHI: The Delhi Police Crime Branch has arrested a goldsmith who bought the stolen jewelry belonging to actor Sonam Kapoor’s mother-in-law, a senior officer stated on Thursday.
The jewelry was stolen from Kapoor’s Amrita Shergill Road residence by a nurse and her husband employed by her. The jeweller was recognized as Dev Verma, 40, a resident of Kalkaji, police stated.
They stated they’ve recovered from Verma stolen jewelry price greater than Rs 1 crore that included 100 diamonds, six gold chains, diamond bangles, a diamond bracelet, two tops, and one brass coin.
An i10 automotive that was bought from the stolen quantity by the accused couple has additionally been recovered, they stated. Other recoveries are nonetheless in course of.
The couple spent the stolen cash primarily to repay money owed, medical bills of their mother and father, and home renovation. Verma is the third one to be arrested in reference to the theft.
Police on Wednesday had arrested Aparna Ruth Wilson, an worker at Kapoor’s residence, alongside together with her husband Naresh Kumar Sagar from their residence in Sarita Vihar. They are accused of stealing money and jewelry price Rs 2.4 crore in February from the actor’s home the place she lives together with her husband and in-laws.
The nurse, employed to take care of the 86-year-old mother-in-law of the actor, conspired together with her accountant husband to steal the jewelry and money from the home, police stated.
Verma confessed to have purchased the stolen jewelry from Sagar and paid him the sum in money and digital transaction, they stated.
Wilson and Sagar allegedly executed the theft on February 11 and an FIR was registered on February 23 at Tughlaq Road Police Station, police stated.
The complainant within the case was the supervisor of Kapoor and her husband Anand Ahuja’s home that employs over 40 folks, they stated.
During investigation, the police questioned greater than 32 staff and 6 nurses together with their relations and contacts.
The largest problem throughout investigation was the lack of expertise concerning the time lag between the theft and when the house owners observed the theft, stated Rohit Meena, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime).
“Based on technical analysis, the team zeroed in on two suspects and following a raid, both Naresh Kumar Sagar and his wife Aparna Ruth Wilson were apprehended from their house,” he stated.
During interrogation, Wilson instructed police that she was employed by the family when Kapoor’s mother-in-law in 2020 was admitted to a hospital the place she labored as a nurse, and she or he acquired to know concerning the requirement of one other nurse at their home, the officer stated.
“In March 2021, the accused started working as a nurse in the actor’s house. While working she observed that jewellery and cash were kept in an almirah. One day the nurse took the mother-in-law to the almirah on her wheelchair and saw inside it jewellery worth crores, and huge amount of cash. She told about this to her husband and they conspired to steal it all,” the officer stated.
Sagar requested her to steal the jewelry intermittently to stop the theft from getting observed. As deliberate, she would steal jewelry at evening after giving sedatives to the sufferer, the officer stated. They stole your entire stuff over a span of 10-11 months, and offered the jewelry as and after they acquired an opportunity.
The FIR was registered underneath the Indian Penal Code part 381 (theft by clerk or servant of property in possession of grasp), police stated. The Tughlaq Road Police Station had transferred the case to the Special Staff Branch of the New Delhi district for investigation, they stated.
The Crime Branch can be probing the matter, police stated.
