
A long-serving domestic worker allegedly stole valuables from her employer's home and later set part of the house on fire in an attempt to conceal the crime. Police have registered a case and launched a search for the suspects.
According to an FIR lodged by Faizan Chaudhry, a resident of 214-RB Qaddafiabad, with Sadar Police Station, the accused, Samina, had been working as a housemaid at their residence for the past 12 years.
On 19 July, at around 8 a.m., Faizan and his family left for Jhang Road following the death of his maternal uncle, leaving the children at home. During their absence, the housemaid, along with her husband Zafar Ahmed, resident of 214-RB and accomplices including a man named Abid, allegedly broke open the locked drawers attached to the beds and stole a significant amount of cash, prize bonds worth Rs500,000 and gold jewellery.
The stolen items include, six gold bangles, one gold kara, nine gold rings, two gold lockets, two gold kara bangles, one pair of earrings, one pair of tops, four small earrings, (Total gold weighing approximately 22 tolas).
To cover up the theft, the accused reportedly set fire to the side table in the room, which caused the side table and mattress to be completely destroyed. Police have registered a case under sections 381, 435, and 427 of the Pakistan Penal Code against Samina, her husband, and two other suspects. A search operation is underway to apprehend them.
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