INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
HYDERABAD: A woman staffer at a hair and skin clinic in upscale Jubilee Hills was arrested on the charge of stealing a diamond ring, worth
Rs 31 lakh, of a customer
The ring was retrieved from the clinic's washroom drain pipe on Sunday, as the accused woman, Lalasa, panicked and flushed it down the pot
as she didn't want to be caught with it.The Jubilee Hills police said a woman customer was at the clinic three days ago to get a procedure
She was told to remove the ring and given a box to keep the ring safe.Done with the treatment, the woman left for her residence in Banjara
It was after two hours she realized that she forgot to collect the ring and went back to the clinic.The staff and management, however,
disclaimed any knowledge of the ring and displayed an empty box before the customer.After failing to elicit any response from the clinic,
the customer registered a complaint with the Jubilee Hills police.Police scanned through the CCTV footage inside the clinic and spoke to the
staff who were in the clinic at the time but drew a blank, as they did not find any clues
We suspected the role of Lalasa and asked her about it, however she denied taking the ring
The next day, Lalasa went to the hair clinic
As soon as she arrived there, she first went directly to the washroom, which was recorded on the CCTV
On persistent interrogation, she told investigators that she was in possession of the ring and for fear of being apprehended, she threw the
costly ring into the commode, police said
He opened the commode duct and found the ring in the pipeline
Police said Lalasa initially kept the diamond ring in her purse
