Overview
- Police at Avalahalli station have registered a case and say the probe is underway.
- The victim, 52-year-old Dr Siruvella Sridevi, brought the jewellery for a relative’s wedding and kept the box in a room at SDP Palace in Bidarahalli.
- She wore some pieces for the reception, locked the rest in the room, and later found about 725 grams missing, including heavy jhumkas, a coin necklace, a waist belt and head ornaments.
- Officers are reviewing surveillance video, questioning family members and others with access, and considering whether someone used a duplicate key.
- The venue manager denied staff involvement after the victim reported that a hall worker had entered her room while she was getting ready, and the hall said it will cooperate.