Caretaker arrested for stealing Rs 2.5-lakh gold chain from elderly man in Bengaluru

Bengaluru: The RT Nagar police have arrested a caretaker for allegedly stealing a 26-gram gold chain worth Rs 2.5 lakh from an elderly man under her care.

The incident came to light after an employee from a healthcare centre in Kalyan Nagar filed a complaint with the RT Nagar police station on September 17.

The centre, which deploys caretakers across the city, reported that the woman had worked with the elderly man for about a month before leaving the job.

The complaint stated that the woman returned briefly on the morning of September 17, claiming to inform him about her sister's death in her village. While giving the elderly man a bath, she allegedly removed the gold chain from around his neck and left.

The RT Nagar police registered a theft case and began investigation. Acting on information from informants, they arrested the suspect on September 18 near the CBI bus stop on Ballari Road.

The police seized the gold chain from her possession. She was produced before the jurisdictional court on September 19 and remanded in judicial custody.