Sisters who stole at 5-star weddings held

(22) and Sanjo (30) are sisters who hail from Rajgarh in Madhya Pradesh. They were well dressed, spoke impeccable English and had no difficulties in mingling with crowds and befriending people using their communication skills.

Little did people know that the suave sisters were also thieves who posed as guests at weddings, generally being hosted at 5 stars, and decamped with wedding jewellery and cash at the first opportune moment.

The duo, however, ran out of luck on Saturday when they walked into a trap and were nabbed by police, along with their aide Altaf (28), an auto rickshaw driver, from Uttam Nagar.

Police said the sisters were involved in at least four incidents of thefts and had decamped with cash and jewellery from various weddings till date.

The arrests came after a theft at a five star hotel in Lutyens’ zone on January 31. A businessman approached the police and complained that a bag of jewellery, cash and 24 silver coins were stolen from his daughter’s wedding, which was held on January 29. Following his complaint, a case was registered and CCTV footage of the hotel scanned.

“In the footage, the two women dressed in smart clothes were seen moving around comfortably in the crowd and talking to all the family members. Around 11:30pm, when the bride was about to sit for the pheras (rituals) and the host was busy attending to guests, one of them is spotted picking up the jewellery bag and swiftly sneaking out,” BK Singh, DCP (New Delhi), said.

The police then identified them the women with the help of CCTV footage. It was found that they had been involved in such thefts earlier too.

“It was found that they had carried out thefts in a hotel in New Delhi and five other star hotels in the past. Through technical surveillance, we then found that they would be visiting Uttam Nagar to meet an associate on February 10. A team was sent to the area and a trap laid. The women and their associate were arrested ,” Singh said.

During questioning the women revealed that they used to visit Delhi only during the wedding season .