The Dadar police have solved a near-perfect theft in a jeweller’s office on the 14th floor of a building. The suspect, an electrician, apparently went to the 17th floor, slid three floors down a duct and took away 8 kg of silver ornaments and Rs 5.35 lakh cash. The man, who lost his job due to Covid, had planned the theft over a couple of months by chalking out his route to evade CCTV cameras, said the police. 

The crime was discovered on January 31 when the staff of Divine Solitaire reached their office on the 14th flood of Naman Midtown, Dadar. They found valuables and cash missing. The staff then filed a police complaint. “We checked the footage of several CCTV cameras to find whether any new or unknown person has entered the building, didn’t find anything substantial. But during the screening of CCTV footage of inside building our team saw a person walking in a burkha,” said an officer from Dadar police station. “There was nothing about the person to identify, except the sole of one shoe, which is frequently used in trekking,” he added.