Thane:

A case of theft has been registered towards a woman and her boyfriend after she allegedly handed over her household’s jewelry to him to get cash to rejoice their widespread birthday.

To avoid wasting herself and him, she additionally tried to border up one other buddy of hers, a minor, by accusing him of blackmail, Assistant Commissioner of Police Nilesh Sonawane advised reporters on Wednesday.

On January 7, the teenage lady approached the Kapurbawdi police within the metropolis with a criticism that her boyfriend had clicked her obscene photos and blackmailed her for cash. She was compelled to steal jewelry from her home and hand it over to him, she advised police.

The boy initially advised the police that he bought off her jewelry.

However probe revealed that no such sale of jewelry had taken place. The CCTV footage of the involved store had no footage of the boy.

Ultimately police discovered that the lady had, in reality, given the jewelry to a different boyfriend for birthday celebration, and cooked up the blackmail story to avoid wasting him.

This boyfriend, who is eighteen years outdated and with whom she shares birthday, allegedly bought the jewelry in Manpada space for Rs 53,000 and funded their get together.

Police arrested him and likewise the jeweller who bought the ornaments figuring out properly that they have been stolen items.

A case below Indian Penal Code sections 380 (theft in a dwelling home) and 411 (receiving stolen property) has been registered, stated senior inspector Uttam Sonavane of Kapurbawdi police station.

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