India, May 26 -- A 30-year-old female house help was booked for allegedly stealing jewellery and cash worth at least Rs.8 lakh from a family in a residential society in Sector 86, Gurugram, police said on Monday.

Police said the woman had been hired as a 24-hour domestic help just a day before the alleged theft. The complaint was filed by a resident of Microtek Greenburg society in Sector 86. According to the complaint, the woman was hired on May 15. A day after joining work, she allegedly expressed unwillingness to continue and left the house.

The complainant alleged that the suspect fled with jewellery and cash from the house on May 16. Police said the FIR was registered on Sunday after the family compiled details of the missing valua...