The address of the accused was tracked down using her mobile number but she wasn’t found there, said police. While her mobile was switched off, officials added, police recovered the society’s CCTV footage. Officials noted that she took an e-rickshaw from the society’s gate on the day of the theft after leaving Rana’s house. She got off the rickshaw in Dwarka’s Sector-6 and took another one to Rajapuri Chowk, as per officials.

The rickshaw driver was tracked down as the area where she deboarded the rickshaw did not have CCTVs installed. “The driver then took the police to the house where he dropped the suspect. Police found her at the house, packing her bags to leave Delhi,” said Ankit Singh, DCP Dwarka, Delhi.

Initially refusing to accept the charges, the accused eventually broke down, police said. The Anti Burglary Cell of Dwaraka district arrested her.

Questioning revealed that Neetu,30, the accused, is from Behrod village of Rajasthan where she lived with her husband. But her husband, an alleged drug addict, used to beat her, she told police.

For a better life, she left him and came to Delhi some years ago. She started working as a domestic help, and opened her own YouTube and Instagram accounts, police said. After making some videos and reels, she was told by someone to get a professional DSLR camera to produce high-quality video content.

As she realised that the camera would cost her lakhs of rupees, she approached her family members for a loan but to no avail, police were told.

After being employed at the complainant’s house some days back, she allegedly noticed some gold and silver jewellery in the house.

On July 14, she allegedly stole the jewellery to sell it off and fund her aspirations.

Police said the jewellery has been recovered, and an FIR under section 305 (theft) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) was registered at Dwarka north police station.