Mumbai girl steals mom's gold jewellery to buy boyfriend a sports bike

Navi Mumbai: Mumbai police, which was investigating a case of a missing 15-year-old girl came across a lead that helped them solve another case - theft of gold ornaments worth Rs 1.76 lakh. In a strange turn of events, it was the same girl who carried out the theft, reportedly to help her boyfriend buy a sports bike.

“A doctor and his wife from Bazarpeth had gone out, while their daughter was at home, on May 9. On returning, they found that seven tolas of gold ornaments were stolen from the cupboard and they filed a police complaint," a news report quoted senior inspector S M Shinde saying.

On May 23, the girl went missing and her parents lodged a complaint with the police. "As she was a minor, as per Supreme Court guidelines, we registered a kidnapping case and immediately started investigations. He school friends told us she was having an affair with a 20-year-old college student. He had recently purchased a sports bike worth Rs 85,000. The boy's financial status was not sound. We found him in Panvel on Tuesday evening," he said.

“The boy told us that the girl had given him the ornaments to sell, so that he could buy a bike,” said Shinde.

“The girl returned home on Tuesday morning. When her mother questioned her, she claimed that she had left after a quarrel with her elder brother and had taken a train to Karjat, where she spent the night on the platform. In the morning, she returned as she regretted leaving home without informing her parents," he added.

When the girl was summoned in presence of her parents who questioned her about the money, she confessed to the crime and said that she wanted to ride around on a sports bike with her boyfriend.

"As the boyfriend was unable to sell the gold, he sought the help of two college friends, both aged 19, who sold it to a person selling artificial jewellery in Khopoli. They sold the gold worth Rs 1.76 lakh for Rs 85,000. We have recovered the stolen ornaments," he said.

"The three youths, who have been arrested, are residents of Bhavanraj Road, Vihari and Katrang in Khopoli. The Alibaug court has remanded them to police custody," Shinde added.