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Pune Woman Shocked: 3.5 Tola Gold Necklace Vanishes from Gaurai Idol, Domestic Helper Arrested!

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News18•04-10-2026, 13:59
Pune Woman Shocked: 3.5 Tola Gold Necklace Vanishes from Gaurai Idol, Domestic Helper Arrested!
- •A Pune woman adorned her Gaurai idol with a three-and-a-half tola gold necklace during Gauri Ganpati.
- •The necklace mysteriously disappeared the next day, prompting the woman to file a police complaint.
- •Shirgaon-Parandwadi Police suspected the domestic helper, Gajra Satpa Kamble (45), and questioned her.
- •Kamble confessed to the theft during interrogation and was subsequently arrested by the police.
- •Police recovered the stolen 30.546-gram gold necklace with pendant, valued at Rs 2,84,847, from the accused.
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A three-and-a-half gram gold mangalsutra placed on Gaurai during Gauri Ganpati was stolen from a woman's house in Pune, which was later recovered by the police.
The police arrested a 45-year-old domestic helper named Gajra Satpa Kamble, who lived near Jijamata Chowk close to Akurdi Railway Station.
The recovered stolen gold mangalsutra along with its pendant weighed 30.546 grams and had a total value of two lakh 84 thousand 847 rupees.





