Theft at Hema Malini s godown, police suspect servant

Mumbai Oct 5 (IANS) Bollywood actress and BJP MP Hema Malini s warehouse here has been robbed. The Mumbai police are on the lockout for a domestic servant suspected for the crime officials said here on Thursday.

The theft came to light late on Tuesday after the servant suddenly went incommunicado since five-six days prompting her manager to visit the warehouse in D.N. Nagar Andheri west.

The items lost include stuff like props costumes statues and imitation jeweleries -- probably mistaken for real -- and other assorted material which was generally used by her for film shoots and shows collectively estimated to be worth around Rs 90 000.

A complaint was lodged with Juhu Police station against the suspect servant who was acting as a caretaker of the warehouse premises Assistant Commissioner of Police D. Bhargude told mediapersons on Wednesday.

An accomplished dancer and actress known as the "Dreamgirl" Hema Malini is a Lok Sabha MP from Mathura and will celebrated her 69th birthday on October 16.

Incidentally in 2010 Hema Malini had reported a theft of jewelleries worth over Rs 80 lakh also allegedly involving a domestic servant from her Goregaon home.

--IANS
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