Sonam Kapoor-Anand Ahuja's Delhi house robbed; cash, jewellery worth Rs 2.4 crore stolen
New Delhi, Apr 9: The New Delhi residence of Bollywood actor Sonam Kapoor and her husband Anand Ahuja was robbed in February and cash and jewellery worth Rs 2.4 crore were stolen, police said on Saturday.
The house is located on the posh Amrita Shergill Marg.
A senior police officer said the incident took place on February 11, and it was reported to them on February 23 and an FIR was registered on the same day.
He said the complainant is the manager of the house administration. The official said more than 20 people are employed at the residence and most of them have been interrogated. He refused to divulge the exact number of people questioned.
The workers at the residence might be involved in the incident, the police said, adding the investigation is underway but no one has been arrested so far.
The incident came to the light when the Delhi Police issued an official statement on Saturday in response to media queries following a news report by a Marathi news channel in this regard.
In the statement, Deputy Commissioner of Police (New Delhi) Amrutha Guguloth said that according to the complaint, cash and jewellery worth Rs 2.4 crore were stolen.
A case under section 381 (theft by clerk or servant of property in possession of master) of the Indian Penal Code was registered at Tughlaq Road Police Station on the same day and investigation was started, she said.
Police said the case was lodged at Tughlaq Road police station, but was later transferred to the special staff of New Delhi district for investigation.
Teams have been formed and examination of the evidence is underway, the DCP said, adding CCTV footages from the premises are also being checked to extract leads.
In March, the Faridabad Police had busted a gang of highly-sophisticated cybercriminals allegedly involved in duping Rs 27 crore from Sonam Kapoor's father-in-law's export-import firm.
The police had said the tricksters had been duping Kapoor's father-in-law Harish Ahuja's Faridabad-based firm, Shahi Export Factory, by misappropriating Rebate of State and Central Taxes and Levies licences, meant for his firm, on the basis of his forged Digital Signature Certificate and encashing them.
The police had said the government gives some incentives to export firms in the form of ROSCTL licences, entitling them to some rebate in the excise and custom duties.
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Nightclub fire: Goa court remands Luthra brothers in police custody for five days
Panaji (PTI): A court in North Goa on Wednesday remanded Gaurav and Saurabh Luthra, co-owners of the ‘Birch by Romeo Lane’ nightclub, in police custody for five days.
The brothers, brought to Goa from Delhi after being deported from Thailand in connection with the December 6 blaze that killed 25, were produced in the court after undergoing health check-ups twice at the District Hospital in North Goa.
Judicial Magistrate First Class Mapusa Puja Sardesai remanded the two brothers in police custody for five days.
Advocate Vishnu Joshi, representing Bhavana Joshi who lost four family members in the tragedy, said that the accused were asking for “special consideration” claiming poor health.
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“We said they should not be given any extra relaxation,” he said, adding that the court has taken cognisance of the fact that this is about the death of “25 people in the form of mass genocide”.
“But since they kept pressing for medical check-up, the court ordered reexamination of their health. It is clear in the medical examination that they don’t require any consideration. The accused sought special considerations in the lock-up like a good mattress, which the court refused,” said Joshi.
A team of the Goa Police, along with the Luthra brothers, arrived at the Manohar International Airport, Mopa, in North Goa at 10.45 am.
The duo was initially taken to a Primary Health Centre at Siolim for medical examination. They were then taken to the District Hospital at Mapusa.
After their health assessment, the two were brought to the court.
The court directed that the accused be sent for fresh medical examination. Accordingly, the two were again taken to the District Hospital.
Later, they were produced before Judge Sardesai, who ordered the five-day police custody of the accused.
After the fire tragedy at Arpora village, the Anjuna police had registered a case against the Luthra brothers on various charges, including culpable homicide not amounting to murder.
The brothers were arrested in Delhi on Tuesday after being deported from Thailand. A court there allowed the Goa Police their two-day transit remand.
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The duo had fled to Phuket in Thailand early on December 7, hours after the fire at their nightclub, prompting the authorities to issue an Interpol Blue Corner Notice and cancel their passports.
They were detained by Thai authorities at Phuket on December 11 following a request from the Indian government, which later coordinated with officials in Thailand to deport them under legal treaties between the two nations.
Five managers and staff members have already been arrested by the Goa Police in connection with the fire.
