Overview
- Sadashivanagar police arrested domestic worker Hajira Begum, 19, and her husband Shabbir Hussain, 23, recovered 787.66 g of gold, 291 g of silver and seven watches worth ₹1.37 crore, and a court remanded them to judicial custody.
- Investigators say the worker rejoined on December 27, the family left on December 30, and the couple allegedly used a house key to enter before the theft was discovered on December 31.
- In a separate Vidyaranyapura case, four suspects were held for a ₹1.03 crore break‑in at a villa on Hesaraghatta Main Road after a family trip to Sindhudurg, with arrests on January 3 and 4.
- Police recovered 550 g of gold, four kilograms of silver, ₹24 lakh in cash and a two‑wheeler in the Vidyaranyapura probe, and said the driver and a domestic helper provided a key.
- Bengaluru police urged households to conduct formal worker verification, install CCTV, limit key access and use bank lockers for valuables; reports differ on whether the Sadashivanagar couple are from Assam or West Bengal.