₹6L, jewellery stolen from wedding in Chandigarh

A couple of thieves decamped with jewellery and ₹6 lakh cash from a marriage ceremony

A couple of thieves decamped with jewellery and ₹6 lakh cash from a marriage ceremony at Khukhrain Bhawan in Sector 35 on Friday.

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The complainant, Shishu Pal Pathania, a retired administrative officer from the Punjab Urban Planning and Development Authority, said, “We were getting family pictures clicked at our son’s wedding when the photographer asked my wife, Santosh, to put the bag bearing the cash and jewellery aside to get a good photograph. She obliged. However, when she went to retrieve the bag afterwards, it was nowhere to be found.”

Footage from closed-circuit television cameras (CCTV) shows a couple of suspects taking the bag from the bhawan, a police official said.

A case was registered under Section 379 (theft) of the Indian Penal Code.