Woman from upscale locality in Thane arrested for stealing electronic goods from showrooms

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A 42-year-old woman from a well-to-do family has been arrested for allegedly stealing electronic goods from showrooms in Thane. The accused, a housewife from Mulund, targetted electronic stores during rush hours. The woman had allegedly stolen a laptop worth Rs 1 lakh from a shop in the city's Ghodbunder road on November 3, following which an offence was registered at Kapurbawdi police station.

The accused didn't attract suspicion due to her sophisticated looks and duped several stores by stealing laptops, mobile phones, cameras, Bluetooth devices, DVD players, headphones, vacuum cleaners, hard disks and watches and 11 CCTV cameras.

As per the Hindustan Times report, S Nimbalkar, police inspector of Kapurbawdi police station, said, "We checked the CCTV footage of the shop and found the accused talking on the phone while her movements were suspicious. We did a data dump analysis and found about 600 women talking on their phone in the premises. We checked each of these women on their social media profiles and shortlisted those who looked similar to the accused."

The cops have recovered stolen electronic goods and appliances worth Rs 2.65 lakh from the woman. Commenting further on the case, DCP Vinay Rathod said, "We are investigating further whether the woman is attached to some more people in this crime and getting information from her about other devices that she has stolen from different shops in the malls."

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