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Forbidden love, father’s disapproval: Inside Rs 1.2-crore heist at Moradabad trader’s home
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Forbidden love, father’s disapproval: Inside Rs 1.2-crore heist at Moradabad trader’s home

The Indian Express·Manish Sahu·21 days ago
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Around midnight on May 12, Moradabad brass trader Mohammad Imran and his family returned home after celebrating his daughter’s birthday. They went to sleep, unaware of what was about to unfold. Barely four hours later, around 3.40 am, suspicious noises jolted the family awake. As they stepped out to inspect, they came face to face with armed intruders, their faces concealed behind scarves. The assailants held the six-member family at gunpoint before fleeing with Rs 1.20 crore in cash and jewellery. Police were called in. As they scrubbed the house for clues, police found that the digitally secured main gate was unlocked that night and the thieves had a key to access the double-story house in Akbar Compound— signs, police said, that pointed towards an insider’s role. Their hunch proved right. The theft was allegedly masterminded by the trader’s 21-year-old daughter, Ariba. Police claimed she helped her boyfriend and his associates break into her house.…

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