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Dentist and mother held for shoplifting

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Press Trust of India Bhubaneswar
Last Updated : Jul 08 2015 | 5:42 PM IST
The police today arrested a dentist and her mother on charges of shoplifting from different malls in the state capital here.
The mother-daughter duo were booked by the Sahid Nagar Police.
"We arrested the dentist and her mother based on CCTV visuals where they were found stealing articles from a shopping mall," a police officer said.
One Puspaja Dhal, owner of Manisha Boutique of plot number - 585/1 in Saheed Nagar area had lodged an FIR at the local police station on June 11 last alleging two ladies came to her shop posing as customers and stole three sarees and two suit pieces on the pretext of purchasing articles.
During a raid at their residence the police seized sarees, bags, dress material and other hosiery goods and 15 mobile flip covers worth about Rs two lakh, Commissioner of Police R P Sharma told reporters.
A motor cycle and a mobile phone were also seized during the raid, he said.
While the dentist was working at a private hospital here, her father recently retired as a chief manager of a reputed bank.
Though police termed the mother-daughter as a gang which looted fashion items from different malls, they suspected it to be psychological disorder or tendency.

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First Published: Jul 08 2015 | 5:42 PM IST

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