PUNE: Brazen thieves walked into two wedding venues – one in Kharadi and the other in Bavdhan – in the past two days and stole gold and silver jewellery worth Rs 9.5 lakh.
In both instances, the jewellery stolen belonged to the bride’s family. Police said they were having trouble making headway as CCTV cameras were not working at one venue, while in the other, footage is not clear.
Senior inspector Balkrishna Sawant of the Hinjewadi police said the father of one of the brides, lodged a complaint on Sunday. His daughter got married at Bavdhan on November 20. “During a photo session at 8pm with the couple, the bride’s mother kept her and her daughter’s purses containing a smartphone and jewellery worth Rs2.5 lakh on a chair. She found the purses missing soon after,” Sawant said.
The hall has eight CCTV cameras. “But none of them were working,” he said, adding they would collect dates of weddings from venues in their jurisdiction and send policemen in plain clothes on those days.
In Kharadi, a purse containing jewellery worth Rs7 lakh belonging to the bride’s mother went missing from the stage.
Assistant inspector Bhalchandra Dhavale of Chandannagar police said the wedding was held in a hotel. “We obtained CCTV footage, but it is not clear. The hosts did not give the guest list to the hotel for us to track down the culprit,” he said.
