Mumbai: Bollywood star Salman Khan's sister approached police after her diamond-studded gold jewellery worth around Rs 5 lakh was allegedly stolen from her house. Police arrested her domestic help, PTI reported citing the official account on Wednesday.
The alleged incident happened on Monday, and police arrested the 30-year-old domestic help from the Thane district.
The official from Khar police station said, "Accused Sandip Hegde decamped with diamond-studded gold jewellery worth around ₹ 5 lakh from Arpita Khan's residence located on 17th Road in Khar. After the incident came to light, Arpita approached the police and lodged a complaint."
According to him, police scanned the CCTV footage in the area after starting a probe into the case based on Arpita's complaint.
"With the help of technical and other inputs, the police nabbed the accused on Tuesday from Thane for the alleged theft of the jewellery," the official said.
Police registered a case under the sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), including 381 (theft by clerk or servant), he said, adding that further investigation is underway.