India, April 5 -- An unidentified woman posing as a domestic worker allegedly stole a chain with a gold pendant worth around Rs.70,000 from a woman resident at Amrapali Golf Homes, Kingswood Society, in Greater Noida on Friday, police said.

The incident occurred around 3:30pm at a society flat while the woman, who is in her 50s, was home with her infant grandchild, police said. No physical harm was caused to either, they added.

Based on a complaint by the victim's son, the police lodged an FIR under Section 303(2) (theft) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) at Bisrakh police station on Saturday.

"At that time, my mother was alone at the flat. During a conversation, the woman (suspect) got into the house by misleading and deceiving her...