A domestic help who had allegedly been stealing from her employer’s residence in South Delhi’s Vasant Kunj for the past several months was arrested after CCTV cameras, secretly installed in the house, captured her in the act.
When a police team went to the help’s house to arrest her, the locals reportedly attacked them with stones. A policewoman was injured in the incident, but is out of danger, said the police.
“Two separate cases, one related to theft, and another of assault on the police, have been registered. The accused was arrested from her home on the day the complaint was filed,” said a senior police officer.
Employer sensed mischief afoot
The domestic help had been working at the house of the complainant, Satish Sehrawat, since many years. However, it was only in the last few months that he noticed cash going missing from his home. When thousands of rupees began disappearing from the cupboard every few days, he decided to install a CCTV camera.
On Wednesday, when he checked footage from the previous days, he saw the accused stealing cash from a cupboard. Armed with this video evidence, he approached the Vasant Kunj (North) police station and got a case registered against the maid.
Police said that as they entered the JJ cluster where the woman lives, locals opposed the arrest and started pelting stones at the police. “Woman constable Manisha was injured when a stone hit her. We arrested the help from her home and detained two more women on charges of obstructing public servants in discharge of public functions and voluntarily causing hurt,” said the police.
Constable Manisha was injured when a stone hit her. We arrested the help and detained two more women
