Woman, 2 friends arrested for stealing from her house

A 19-year-old woman has been arrested for allegedly stealing cash and jewellery worth around Rs 7.5 lakh from her house in northeast Delhi's Harsh Vihar area to fulfil her dream of becoming a model.
Two of her accomplices have also been arrested, police said.
On the night of April 16, the woman, a student of class XII, offered her mother a glass of milk, laced with sedatives, a senior police officer said.
"Since her mother has the habit of waking up even at the slightest noise, the woman mixed sleeping pills in the glass of milk. Her father and brother were sleeping on another floor of the house," the officer said.

When her mother fell asleep after drinking it, the woman took out Rs 3.08 lakh cash from an almirah and jewellery, comprising gold bangles, earrings and nosepins, from the locker after opening it with a screwdriver, police said, adding she handed over the booty to her two friends.
A case was registered the next day. There was no sign of forced entry. Neither was the almirah found broken nor was the house ransacked. Due to these clues, police suspected it to be the handiwork of a family member.

Acting on a tip-off, one of the woman's accomplices was apprehended last night from his house in Karawal Nagar.

During interrogation, he told police that the woman had planned the theft since her parents were not supportive of her modeling aspirations, police said.
When the woman was interrogated, she told police that a friend had told her that she needs to arrange Rs 6 lakh to realise her modelling dreams, DCP (Northeast) A K Singla said.
Following this her other friend, also an accomplice in the theft was also arrested, the officer said, adding police is also likely to question the woman's friend who had told her to arrange Rs 6 lakh.
The stolen cash and jewellery have been recovered, police said.