Afraid of getting caught, Hyderabad woman flushes stolen diamond

Hyderabad: A woman staffer at a skin and hair clinic in Hyderabad flushed down the toilet commode an expensive diamond ring, police said.

The woman allegedly stolen the diamond from a customer and got rid of it fearing she would be caught red-handed with the ring worth Rs 30 lakh.

During the course of the investigation, police recovered the ring from the pipeline connecting the commode with the help of a plumber and the woman employee was subsequently arrested for theft, they said.

According to police, the complainant (a woman) visited the clinic located in the posh Jubilee Hills last week for hair removal and the woman staff, who took up the hair removal procedure, asked her to keep the ring in a box, which she did.

It was only after reaching her house that the complainant realised that she had forgotten her ring at the clinic and enquired with the staff about it and later lodged a police complaint, a police official said.

After police took up the investigation and questioned the staff, the woman employee (who picked up the ring) reportedly confessed to police that she had "stolen" the ring and kept it in her purse.

But she added that she later threw it in the commode of the washroom located in the clinic, fearful of getting caught by police, the official said.

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