Man held for robbing mom’s gold ornaments

The Mulund Police arrested a 51-year-old man for allegedly robbing his mother of her gold ornament. The accused identified as Hitendra Rathod allegedly robbed the jeweller y and later told his mother to file a police complaint to avoid suspicion. Police arrested Hitendra af ter finging that he was behind the act.

Last week, Hitendra's 70-yearold mother approached the Mulund Police and claimed that two men fled with her gold jeweller y worth Rs 1 lakh af ter hypnotising her. Police initially did not suspect the woman. Later, they found discrepancies in her statement and checked the CCTV footage of the area. They did not find anything to corroborate her claims.

Police said, last month she refused to give Hitendra money saying she had already given him everything. He then allegedly snatched her 25 gram gold ornament and lef t. Later he realised that his two brothers would create issues. He told his mother to lodge a complaint with police saying she was looted by two men on the road.