Posing as guest, thief walks away with ₹4.5 lakh from engagement function at Ghaziabad farmhouse

The incident took place on January 25. Indresh Kumar Tyagi, the complainant in the case, said the suspect came dressed as a guest at the engagement ceremony of his son

An unidentified person suspected to be a minor stole a bag containing jewellery and cash worth ₹4.5 lakh at an engagement ceremony at a farmhouse in Behrampur, Crossings Republik.

The incident was recorded by a CCTV camera at the farmhouse.

The incident took place on January 25. Indresh Kumar Tyagi, the complainant in the case, said the suspect came dressed as a guest at the engagement ceremony of his son.

“At the event when I had to get up on the dais, I put down the bag containing valuables and cash to take off my shoes. But when I finished taking off my shoes, the bag was missing. So I checked CCTV footage at the farmhouse and discovered that an unidentified person, who was standing behind me, picked up the bag and walked out while I was unlacing my shoes,” Tyagi said in his complaint to the police. The complaint was registered on January 29.

The police registered a first information report for theft and formed several teams to trace the suspect.