Dr.Thomas (Special Correspondent)
The Malleswaram police have cracked two recent theft cases reported from houses in the area.
Senior officer told reporters,In one case,the team have arrested a house help who had allegedly stolen gold jewellery from the house where she was working for the past six months.
On October 23,the house owner found the jewels in the wardrobe missing when she wanted to wear them for Deepavali.She lodged a complaint airing suspicions on the house help.
The house help,who had been roped in through an agency,confessed to the crime under interrogation, the police said.The police recovered 153 grams of gold jewellery worth Rs.5.98 lakhs from her possession.
In another case,a youth who had come to install CCTV cameras at a house allegedly stole Rs.1.03 lakhs worth gold jewellery on October 23.
The house owner had gone to a mosque to offer prayers in the afternoon,leaving the two youths who had come to install CCTV cameras alone in the house.
They found some jewels missing after they left. He lodged a complaint and police interrogated the two youths and one of them confessed to stealing the jewels.However,his colleague was not aware of this and was not involved in the theft,said a senior officer.
Finally Bengaluru Police Commissioner,CH Pratap Reddy has appreciated Addl CP West,Sandeep Patil,DCP North,Vinayak Patil,ACP,Praveen M,PI, Chandrashekhar M,PSIs,as,Smt.Jayashree Athani,Ms.Nethravathi,and crime staff as, Mehboob Sab,Sunil 
Kumar,Smt.Tara,Chandan,Amaresh,Subhash,Ananth Kumar KN,and others has been appreciated for the exemplary and meticulous investigation done by them in nabbing the notorious women maid and private company employee who commited theft at the work place a suitable reward will be given to whole team he added.
