Overview

• An FIR was lodged at Dindoshi police station on August 28 after the woman and her husband reported jewellery missing from their Goregaon home.
• Investigators found no signs of a break-in and the cupboard lock was intact, shifting focus to people connected to the household.
• Call-data analysis indicated the woman was in a relationship, and she later admitted staging the theft to raise money to elope.
• A 17-year-old step-daughter’s boyfriend told police she had kept some ornaments with him, and officers recovered other pieces sold to a jeweller.
• She has been arrested under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita for theft and filing a false complaint, and police say efforts to recover remaining items continue.