A senior officer with the Delhi Police Crime Branch stated on Thursday that a goldsmith had been arrested for purchasing stolen jewellery from actor Sonam Kapoor’s mother-in-law. A nurse and her husband took the jewellery from Sonam and husband Anand Ahuja’s Amrita Shergill Road home. The two suspects had been apprehended a day before in a different district of Delhi.

According to authorities, the jewellery was from Dev Verma, a 40-year-old Kalkaji resident. According to a PTI report, police found stolen jewellery worth over a crore from Dev Verma, including 100 diamonds, six gold chains, diamond bangles, a diamond bracelet, two tops, and one brass coin. A Hyundai i10 automobile purchased with the stolen funds by the accused couple has also been discovered. Other recovery efforts are still underway.

Cash and valuables worth 2.4 crores were stolen from Sonam and Anand’s home, according to the Delhi Police. The incident occurred on February 11th, and an FIR was filed at Tughlaq Road Police Station on February 23rd. The manager of the house jointly owned by Sonam and Anand Ahuja was the complainant in the case. According to the police, the residence employs more than 40 employees. Sonam and Anand spend most of their time in Mumbai and London, thus they don’t spend much time there.

Aparna Ruth Wilson, a staffer at Sonam’s home, and her husband Naresh Kumar Sagar were arrested by police from their Sarita Vihar home on Wednesday. Aparna is a nurse who has been employed to look after Sarla Ahuja, the actor’s spouse Anand’s 86-year-old grandmother. According to the authorities, she collaborated with her accountant husband to steal the jewellery and cash from the house.

According to the authorities, the couple used the stolen funds to pay off debts, cover medical expenditures for their parents, and renovate their homes. Dev Verma admitted to purchasing the stolen jewellery from Naresh and paying him in cash and via electronic transfer.

“In March 2021, the accused began working as a nurse in the actor’s house,” a Delhi Police source told PTI. She noticed that jewelry and cash were kept in an almirah while working.” They allegedly took the entire collection over 10-11 months, selling the jewellery as and when they had the opportunity.

According to police, the FIR was filed under section 381 of the Indian Penal Code (stealing by clerk or servant of master’s property). The matter has been moved to the Special Staff Branch of the New Delhi district for investigation by the Tughlaq Road Police Station. The matter is also being investigated by the Crime Branch, according to police.

This is the second time in the last few months that the family has been targeted by criminals. Anand’s father Harish Ahuja’s export-import firm was reportedly defrauded of Rs 27 crore by a gang of highly sophisticated hackers apprehended by the Faridabad Police in March.