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Man held in Bihar for ₹1-crore theft at Lopamudra Raut’s home
Mumbai police arrested Chandan Mukhiya from Darbhanga, Bihar, on Saturday for stealing valuables worth about ₹1 crore from actor Lopamudra Raut's Santacruz home in July. Police recovered items worth ₹51 lakh, including…
The Story in Brief
Mumbai police arrested Chandan Mukhiya from Darbhanga, Bihar, on Saturday for stealing valuables worth about ₹1 crore from actor Lopamudra Raut's Santacruz home in July. Police recovered items worth ₹51 lakh, including a luxury watch (₹12.5 lakh), two gold biscuits (₹30 lakh) and ₹9 lakh in cash.
Mukhiya allegedly entered through a ventilator after checking the house was empty. He would scout locked homes in Mumbai and return to Bihar by train the same day. Police tracked him using mobile data. They suspect he bought land worth some of the stolen money in his sister's name. The rest of the property is still missing.
The Indian Opinion
This arrest may feed the narrative that police are on top of celebrity crime, but only half the stolen goods were recovered. The bigger story is the recce-and-flee modus operandi used against empty homes across Mumbai. That pattern deserves more attention than one actor's loss. Will the remaining valuables be traced, or will this be another case where recovery stops at the headlines?
Source: hindustantimes.com
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