Domestic help held for stealing cash, jewellery from US couple's house in B'luru
Bengaluru (PTI): A 29 year-old man was arrested for allegedly stealing cash along gold and diamond jewellery worth Rs 1 crore from the house of a US couple here, police said on Wednesday.
He was employed as a domestic worker at their house.
Police managed to nab the accused identified as Chandan Roul, a native of West Bengal, they said. The entire stolen property was also recovered intact, police said.
The matter came to light on January 21 when the residents of the villa at Kodihalli, a husband-wife duo who originally hail from Texas, US and are working in Bengaluru filed a complaint at J B Nagar police station, they added.
According to police, the complainant alleged that when they returned home in the evening after work, they found that the gold and diamond jewellery kept in the locker of the bedroom cupboard had been stolen.
In the complaint, they also expressed suspicion about the domestic help who had been working in their house for the past six months.
"During the probe, our team examined the case from various angles and, within a few hours of the incident, we detained the domestic help near the villa where the complainant resides. During interrogation, the accused confessed to having committed the theft," a senior police officer said.
The accused further stated that he had kept the stolen gold and diamond jewellery at his residence in Sudhamanagar, he said.
Based on the information provided by him, on the same day, the police team seized 176 grams of gold and diamond jewellery and Rs 39,000 in cash from his residence. The total value of the seized property is Rs one crore, he added.
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Bengaluru jail introduces biometric tracking system for prisoners
Bengaluru: In a bid to curb misconduct and illegal activities inside Parappana Agrahara Central Prison, prison authorities have introduced a new ‘Prisoners Tracking Movement System’ under which inmates will have to undergo biometric verification while entering every barrack.
According to jail officials, biometric systems have been installed across all major sections of the prison, including barracks, visitor rooms, hospital, canteen, kitchen, library, playground, handicraft units and bakery sections. Staff members have also been deployed at these locations.
Officials said inmates visiting the visitors’ room must now obtain a digital token after biometric verification. Details such as the prisoner’s name, identification number and entry time will be updated in the prison software system. This will help authorities maintain a complete digital record of inmates visiting and returning from meeting rooms.
Similar systems have also been introduced at entry points of the hospital, library and other barracks accessed for work-related purposes. Officials said the system will help identify prisoners involved in suspicious or illegal activities with other inmates and enable authorities to track how much time a prisoner spends at different locations inside the prison.
Authorities stated that AI-powered cameras were already being used inside the prison to monitor inmates as well as prison staff. Along with this, digital tracking of prisoner phone calls and a digital token system for visitor meetings have now been added to strengthen surveillance over inmate movement. Officials said the project has been implemented at a cost of around Rs 2.25 crore.
The prison department has also introduced a canteen usage tracking system to monitor prisoners’ spending patterns. Instead of direct cash payments, inmates can purchase bakery items and snacks using wallets or coupons issued within the prison system.
Officials said the digital system will record details including the buyer’s name, items purchased, quantity, date, time and remaining wallet balance. This will allow prison authorities to maintain complete expenditure records of inmates.
