Kolkata: Domestic assistance employed in the new house Olmpian Joydeep Karmakar was arrested for stealing more than Rs 3.5 lakh from his house when the police investigated this case to find a 43-inch LED TV, a king and modular kitchen hydraulic bed in his cottage in a slum city And approached Rs 1 lakh in his bank account, which he suspected he had been stolen from the 41-year-old Olympic bedroom.
Considered a trusted helper who “cooked and spoke very well” for the past four years, Mumtaz Aunt (33) was caught stealing Rs 18,000 from Piggy Bank children last year but the shooter did not submit a complaint and chose to give the woman the second chance.
However, when he realized a large amount of cash lost from his house again, he filed a complaint of the police this time.
“When we bake the woman, he initially denied but then claimed to have stolen a small amount of money from his wallet.
But when we visited his cottage near the eco park, we found it, even though it was shabby from the outside, the interior was all wearing a large LED TV, a modern storage area Large sized and modular kitchen.
We checked his bank account and found Rs 93,000 in it, stored in the past few months, “said a senior officer of Bidhannagar Commissioner.
The police said they would freeze the account and check whether he had bought another with stolen money.
According to Karmar, the woman might steal money for four months but the theft was revealed only on Monday night when she was looking for cash to buy several machines for the shooting academy.
“I found a lighter bag and at least RS 3.5 lakh lost.
We don’t have anyone else to suspect besides domestic assistance.
So I called the police commissioner on his advice.
The Commissioner immediately asked me to file a complaint at the Eco Park police station,” Karmakar said.
Karmakar added that the woman initially claimed to have stolen Rs 30,000 from my wallet.
But then, he claimed before the police had stolen at least three times in the past four months.
“But I think he must be stolen at least six times since August.
But he is so neat in his job and used to save the key and package of money in the same position as we don’t doubt it,” he said.
During the Puja Durga last year, they had found Rs 18,000 saved by his sons to buy guitars and some other things stolen.
“He is the only outsiders who used to travel our homes often Moon.
He is a good cook and looks like a good woman.
So we gave him a chance but it was very unfortunate that this was how he was returned, “Karmakar said.