Three M.P. women arrested for stealing at jewellery and textile stores in Mambalam
Police in Chennai arrested three women from Madhya Pradesh for a series of thefts targeting customers at jewellery and textile stores in T. Nagar. The suspects confessed to traveling across multiple Indian cities to steal cash and gold from shoppers.
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This highlights organized retail crime patterns and the challenges of inter-state criminal investigations in urban commercial hubs.
The city police arrested three women from Madhya Pradesh for allegedly stealing gold jewellery and cash from customers at jewellery stores and textile showrooms in T. Nagar.
According to the police, Shalini Priya, 29, a resident of Taramani, visited a jewellery store on Usman Road in T. Nagar with her husband on July 25. After purchasing a gold ornament weighing 24.77 grams, she kept it along with her existing one-sovereign gold jewellery in her handbag.
After collecting a complimentary gift offered by the store, she found that nearly four sovereigns of gold jewellery kept in her bag had been stolen. Based on her complaint, the Crime Wing of the Mambalam Police registered a case and launched an investigation.
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