Woman’s purse containing Rs 2 lakh and gold ornaments stolen from marriage palace
Harshabab Sidhu
Mohali, February 23, 2021:
An incident of theft was reported yesterday in a marriage palace of Dhakoli when an unidentified person stole a woman’s purse containing cash worth Rs 2 lakh and some gold ornaments.
According to the complainant, Harpal Singh, a resident of Shakti Nagar in Dera Bassi, the incident took place in The Grand Nimantran palace in Dhakoli during his daughter’s marriage. He said after when the ceremony of ‘jaimala’ was about to begin, her wife kept her purse on a sofa. In the meantime, an unidentified man came and took away the purse. He said, along with cash and jewelry, some ‘shagun envelopes’ were also there in the purse.
The theft was recorded in the CCTV camera installed inside the premises of the marriage palace. The police are recognizing the accused through the footage of a CCTV camera.
A case has been registered under Section 380 of the IPC at the Dhakoli police station.