Housemaid, who replaced stolen gold chains with fakes, arrested

TNN
November 3, 2018

Bengaluru, Nov 3: A 28-year-old maid was arrested by the Koramangala police on charges of stealing gold chains from her employer’s house and replacing them with imitation fakes. The thefts of the three chains came to light when her employer, a software engineer, was asked by her friends why she was wearing fakes when she had bought original jewellery.

Shanti Ravi, a resident of Shivajinagar, was arrested following a complaint filed by Devaki, a resident of Koramangala III Stage. In her complaint, Devaki stated the gold chains she had bought had been replaced with fakes.

Police suspected the thefts to be the handiwork of an insider and summoned Shanti for questioning. Sleuths found she had been arrested in two other theft cases registered in Pulakeshinagar and Shivajinagar stations. After obtaining bail, she began working for Devaki. During interrogation, Shanti had first denied the charges, but when confronted with the other cases, police say she confessed to the crimes.

Police said Shanti meticulously searched jewellery shops for exact gold-plated replicas of the chains Devaki had. She studied the designs and measured the lengths so as to evade detection. Armed with an exact fake, she would steal the original and replace it with a fake.

Devaki told police she never realised the chains she wore were fake until her friends pointed it out to her during Varamahalakshmi celebrations.

“I had gone to my friend’s house in Adugodi and she chided me for wearing a fake chain,” Devaki told police. “Ashamed, I returned home and wore another one. I was puzzled how the chain turned to a fake. A few weeks later, another friend held my chain and asked me why I was wearing a fake one? I was shocked. I sensed something was wrong at home and inspected a third gold chain, which also was a fake.”

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July 7,2020

Meerut: The licence of a private hospital in Uttar Pradesh’s Meerut has been suspended after a video showing its staff member providing fake Covid-19 report had gone viral.

"A video had gone viral in Meerut. We have registered a case in this regard. We have suspended the licence of the nursing home. Today, we have sealed it also. Strict action will be taken against anybody who will do something like this in this time of crisis,” said Anil Dhingra, District Magistrate, Meerut.

In the video, the person can be heard saying that they provide Covid-19 negative report for Rs 2,500, Dhingra stated.

Meerut CMO Rajkumar said, “In the video, a man from the hospital can be heard saying that he can arrange COVID-19 negative report and the person can get operation or other things done. We have identified the man. We have suspended the licence of the hospital and an FIR has been registered.”

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February 23,2020

Panaji, Feb 23: A MiG-29K aircraft crashed off Goa during a routine training sortie on Sunday morning, the Indian Navy said in a statement.

"The pilot ejected safely and has been recovered. An enquiry into the incident has been ordered," the statement said.

On November 16, a MiG-29K trainer flight had crashed after a bird hit, soon after it took off the Dabolim International airport, which functions out of the Indian Navy base INS Hansa.

Both pilots had managed to safely eject themselves to safety after both the engines of their jet failed.

According to data tabled in the recent budget session of the Goa Assembly, every ten days, at least one aircraft landing or taking off at Goa's Dabolim international airport faces dangers involving birds or stray dogs near the runway.

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May 24,2020

Kanpur, May 24: Three persons onboard separate Shramik Special trains lost their lives due to various ailment, officials said here on Saturday.

"Family members of the deceased said all were suffering from serious ailment. The travel history of all the three deceased passengers was taken, Kanpur District Magistrate Brahma Deo Ram Tiwari said.

Giving details about the deceased, he said Naichinalyu Disang (23), a resident of Nagaland, was going from Delhi to Dimapur.

"She was suffering from liver ailments," Tiwari said. As she coughed and vomited in the train, other passengers got terrified, he added.

The district magistrate said the body reached Kanpur Central Station at around 10.00 am.

Sample has been taken to check for the presence of novel coronavirus. She was working at a spa in Himachal Pradesh, he said.

Tiwari said Rajendra Prasad (50), a resident of Unnao, died on the Lucknow-bound special train from Andhra Pradesh.

Munni Devi (80), a resident of Siwan district in Bihar, died onboard the special train going from Surat to Siwan, the senior official informed.

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