Overview
- The team left Mumbai on April 27, transited through Dubai and arrived at JFK on April 28, and the jewellery boxes were found empty after staff opened them at The Pierre Hotel in New York.
- Two rented pairs of emerald-and-diamond earrings from Mehta Jewellers and Goenka Jewellers, valued at about Rs 1.35 crore in total, were reported missing.
- Makeup artist Savleen Singh filed the complaint after returning to Mumbai and Sahar Police registered an FIR under Section 303(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita against an unidentified person.
- Mumbai Police are tracing the full chain of custody—examining Mumbai airport and baggage handling, the Emirates flight, Dubai transit and hotel records—and are reviewing CCTV and passenger-handling logs to pinpoint when the loss occurred.
- The missing pieces create commercial and reputational exposure for the lending jewellers and the stylist's team and may require cross-border cooperation with foreign authorities or the airline to recover the items.