Nepali maid drugs family, robs money, ornaments

Thiruvananthapuram: Ayiroor police on Wednesday arrested two men from Nepal for stealing gold ornaments and money from a house at Hariharapuram after drugging the all family members on Tuesday night. Police said they are part of a five-member gang and the search has been intensified for the other three accused who are also from Nepal, including a woman who had started working as a maid at the house two weeks ago. The arrested have been identified by police as Janaksha, 42, and Ramkumar, 48. The family members Sreedevi Amma, 75, of Hariharapuram Lane, and her daughter-in-law Rani, 40, a government employee, are being treated at Varkala taluk hospital along with a home nurse Sindhu, 40, who was also staying with them. Sreedevi’s son Rajeev works in Bengaluru. On Tuesday night, the family members did not respond to his calls and on suspicion Rajeev asked his relatives who live nearby to check on them. When the relatives reached the house to check on the family members, they saw the five accused run out of the house, but two of them were restrained by local people. During the melee the accused abandoned a bag containing Rs 35,000 and gold ornaments that were stolen from the house. Police have recovered the bag as material evidence. According to the police, two weeks ago a Nepali woman, named Sokila, 36, who was introduced to the family by a relative at Puthoor, Kollam, started working at the house as a house maid. Sokila had earlier worked at a farmhouse at Puthoor. “The arrested are being questioned and more details will be known only later. Sokila who learned about the money and ornaments being kept in the house then planned the robbery with the help of her friend Abhishek,” said police. Abhishek is still absconding.Police have registered a case under sections of IPC 380 for theft, 357 for house trespass at night for committing an offence and 461 for house breaking.