Overview
- Two men posing as guests took a purse near the mandap during the pheras at the Sector 35 hotel’s outdoor lawn.
- The bag held roughly 170 grams of gold jewellery valued around ₹18 lakh, plus some cash, intended for the bride after rituals.
- CCTV shows the pair mingling for hours, then walking out separately, with a guard lifting a barricade for one suspect.
- Police have registered a BNS Section 303(2) case, seized footage, formed special teams, and are tracing the escape route on nearby cameras.
- The bride’s family alleges delayed hotel response and non-functional cameras, while investigators question staff and compare visuals with a similar Amritsar theft; no arrests have been announced.