Home nurse, friend arrested for alleged robbery of ornaments
Two women were arrested for allegedly robbing gold ornaments from a bedridden elderly woman in Muvattupuzha. The suspects, a home nurse and her friend, were found with the stolen items. The nurse had previously been questioned but was released before further evidence emerged linking her to the crime.
- ▪The robbery involved gold ornaments worth 10 sovereigns.
- ▪Sudha Shankar, the home nurse, and her friend Lakshmi were arrested.
- ▪The police recovered the stolen ornaments from the accused.
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The Ernakulam Rural police arrested two women for the alleged robbery of gold ornaments worth 10 sovereigns from a bed-ridden elderly woman at her house in Muvattupuzha on Sunday morning.The arrested are Sudha Shankar, 38, and Lakshmi, 46, both hailing from Tamil Nadu. The police also recovered the stolen ornaments from the accused.The Muvattupuzha police had earlier taken Sudha, a home nurse hired to care for the victim who lived alone, into custody and interrogated her in detail before letting her off. Though she was identified as the prime suspect, investigators initially failed to find corroborating evidence.According to the police, Sudha planned the robbery along with her friend Lakshmi.
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