Uttarakhand: Insta reel featuring stolen diamond necklace lands domestic help behind bars

Dehradun, Jul 3 (PTI) Posting an Instagram reel while wearing an allegedly stolen diamond necklace proved costly for a domestic help in Dehradun. The owner of the necklace saw the content and reported it to the police, resulting in her arrest, a year after the alleged theft. Dehradun Superintendent of Police (City) Pramod Kumar on Friday told reporters that the accused, Vimla (34), was arrested from Johri Road following a complaint filed by a woman residing in the IT Park area. According to Kumar, diamond and gold jewellery worth ₹10 lakh —stolen from the woman's house a year ago — have been recovered from Vimla's possession. He stated that a woman named Nitisha Vats filed a complaint at the Rajpur police station on July 1, alleging that some of her diamond and gold jewellery had gone missing in 2025. At the time, she assumed that she had misplaced them, Kumar added. According to the complaint, an acquaintance recently informed Nitisha that a woman had uploaded an Instagram reel featuring a diamond necklace that closely resembled the one she had lost. Police said that when Nitisha checked the reel, the necklace was an exact match for her lost piece, and the woman wearing it was her former domestic help. She accused Vimla of theft in her complaint. Kumar stated that a case was registered at the Rajpur police station based on the complaint, and Vimla was subsequently arrested. He added that, acting on information provided by the complainant, the police recovered the stolen diamond and gold jewellery, valued at approximately Rs 10 lakh. According to the police, during interrogation, Vimla admitted that while working as Nitisha's domestic help, she had seen expensive jewellery kept in a locker in one of the rooms, and on one day, she stole the items. The superintendent of police stated that she had also attempted to sell some of the jewellery but did not succeed. PTI DPT AMJ AMJ