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Jan 13, 2024

Delhi woman loses ring worth Rs 5 lakh at Noida mall, cops trace it within 6 hrs

By India Today City Desk: A Delhi-based woman who lost her ring studded with 70

By India Today City Desk: A Delhi-based woman who lost her ring studded with 70 diamonds worth Rs 5 lakh inside a shopping mall in Noida received it back after the Noida Police recovered the ring within six hours.

The woman, the wife of a real estate developer from Shahdara, had gone to the washroom to change the diaper of her child where she removed the ring from her finger and kept it on a sink but forgot to take it back, an official said.

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"Another woman, who was also in the washroom, found the ring. She asked the woman, changing the diaper of her child, if she had lost her ring, to which she responded "no". The other woman then took that ring with her while the owner of the ring did not realise it was missing," ACP (Noida 1) Rajneesh Verma told PTI.

Later, upon realising her ring was missing, the woman and her husband dialled 112 for emergency help, at around 10.30 pm. Police then reached the site, even as the DLF Mall of India was closing down for the night, he said.

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"It was a Sunday rush of visitors but by that time most people had left. The police team looked for the ring at all possible places and then checked the CCTV footage to trace the woman who had carried the ring with her," Verma said.

"In a footage from the parking area, the woman's car was seen and its number was tracked. The woman was found to be living in the Ganesh Nagar area of Delhi and our police team, including the DLF outpost in-charge Subhash, somehow managed to reach her and recover that ring by 5 am this morning," the officer said.

The search for the ring was an arduous task but it was recovered and was handed over to the family on Monday morning after due procedures, he added.

(With inputs from PTI)