Hyderabad: A domestic help who had decamped with gold jewellery from the residence of the director of National Institute of Plant Health Management (NIPHM) was arrested by the Rajendranagar police on Thursday and recovered 12 tolas of gold from her possession. The suspect was identified as Shaheen Begum, hailing from Nizamabad district.
According to police, Ms J. Alice R.P. Sujeetha, director of NIPHM at Rajendranagar, is residing at Shivarampally in a villa. After she returned home from Kolkata last Saturday, she noticed that 15 tolas of gold jewellery missing. She immediately approached the police and a case was registered. During inquiry, Ms Sujeetha expressed suspicion about her domestic help, who was the only one to enter the house in her absence. Shaheen had stopped coming for work and was absconding.
On Thursday, cops apprehended Shaheen Begum at her residence in Shivarampally.
During inquiry, she confessed her role in the crime. 12 tola of gold was recovered from her possession and she was sent to judicial remand.
