Gold jewellery stolen at engagement ceremony returns via courier in Andhra Pradesh

Gold jewellery was stolen during an engagement ceremony in Tirupati, and was later returned through a courier, a police official informed on Monday.

"The jewellery which was reported stolen during the engagement ceremony was later sent back through a courier and kept at the couple's house doorstep," Naidupeta DSP G Chantibabu said in a statement to PTI.

Police officials informed that the jewels were stolen around 20 days ago, when a couple from Tirupati attended an engagement function at a private hall in Naidupeta.

According to police, the family informed the authorities after finding the jewellery at the entrance of their house.

Police collected fingerprints from the returned jewellery and launched a probe to identify the person involved in the theft.

Officials suspect that someone known to the family may have stolen the jewellery and later returned. Meanwhile, the police registered a case.

(with PTI inputs)