Delhi: How social media aided Pashmina thief’s arrest

Someone identified the accused and gave her address to police. She was arrested from her home in Greater Kailash-I. Additional DCP (New Delhi district) R P Meena confirmed the arrest.

The complaint was made on November 27 by store director Anuja Mehra, who said the accused came to the store and asked her to show some clothes to gift someone. But she soon left the store without buying anything.

“The theft came to light after some hours when the complainant was checking her inventory and found one of the Pashmina shawls was missing. She scanned the CCTV footage and saw the woman tucking the shawl under her clothes,” a senior officer said.

“The IO conducted a raid and traced the accused to her residence in GK-I. During questioning, she told police that she was locked in a court case with her estranged husband, who was refusing to pay her maintenance,” the officer said.