Mysore/Mysuru, May 29 -- 170 grams gold worth over Rs. 22 lakh recovered

A home nurse, who was appointed from an agency to take care of senior citizens, has been arrested for stealing 170 grams gold jewellery worth about Rs. 22.10 lakh from the houses of senior citizens, whom she was taking care of.

The arrested home nurse is 27-year-old Maheshwari, a native of Chamarajanagar. She had allegedly stolen the gold jewellery from the house of 82-year-old Muthavva Appanna, where she was appointed.

Maheshwari was deployed by the agency to take care of Muthavva a month ago. She had hoodwinked the family members and had stolen a total of 163 gram gold jewellery day-by-day.

Muthavva, who came to know about her missing jewellery, lodged a compla...