Stolen Diamond

The Brazilian former footballer Zico filed a complaint with French police on Friday after having his bag stolen which contained cash, watches and diamond jewellery.

Diamonds worth Rs 5.62 crore have been allegedly stolen from a gems company store in Mumbai over six months following which police have arrested three persons, including two employees of the firm, an official said on Wednesday.

A woman staff at a skin and hair clinic here, who allegedly stole a diamond ring worth Rs 30.69 lakh of a customer, flushed it down a toilet commode out of fear of getting caught, police said on Monday.

Bollywood actor Salman Khan's sister Arpita Khan filed a complaint after her diamond-studded gold jewellery worth around Rs 5 lakh was allegedly stolen from her house in suburban Khar in Mumbai.

Filmmaker Aishwarya Rajinikanth's maid and car driver were arrested on Tuesday for stealing gold and diamond jewellery from the celebrity's house, police said.

Veteran actor Rajnikanth's daughter Aishwarya has filed a police complaint at Chennai's Teynampet police station alleging that diamond and gold jewellery had been stolen from her residence.

The Mumbai police have arrested two diamond brokers in connection with the theft of precious stones worth Rs 3.5 crore, an official said on Monday.

Japanese police were on the hunt Friday for a stolen diamond worth more than $1.8 million after the pricey piece was discovered missing from a jewellery trade show outside Tokyo.

After diamond earrings were stolen from his shop, a jeweler in Patna pointed out towards an unlikely thief-a rat. Surprisingly unfazed by the loss, the shopkeeper said he was delighted that the rat, who believed to be an embodiment of god, took away the earrings on the auspicious day of 'Mahashivratri' and gave them as a present to goddess Parvati.

Fifteen people were arrested on Saturday in connection to the recent theft of a 1000-kg ''Nandi'' idol from an ancient Shiva temple in East Godavari district in Andhra Pradesh, police said.

A Chinese couple who stole a diamond worth 300,000 dirhams (about $81,000) from a shop in Dubai were arrested within 20 hours from the Mumbai airport, authorities have said.

The 108-carat Kohinoor diamond was "surrendered" by the Maharaja of Lahore to the Queen of England and "not handed over" to the British nearly 170 years ago, the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) said in reply to an RTI query by a Ludhiana-based activist.

Robbers have made off with gems worth 300,000 euros ($370,000) snatched from two Indian diamond traders as they were entering a Paris metro station, a source close to the investigation said Friday.

Delhi Police on Tuesday dismissed three personnel of its elite Special Cell for allegedly extorting over Rs 11 lakh from a commission agent whose diamond jewellery worth Rs 2 crore was recently stolen in east Delhi.

Diamonds worth Rs 2 crore were stolen under mysterious circumstances from the car of a commission agent supplying precious stones to jewellers, in Preet Vihar area of east Delhi on Wednesday.

The Brazilian former footballer Zico filed a complaint with French police on Friday after having his bag stolen which contained cash, watches and diamond jewellery.

Diamonds worth Rs 5.62 crore have been allegedly stolen from a gems company store in Mumbai over six months following which police have arrested three persons, including two employees of the firm, an official said on Wednesday.

A woman staff at a skin and hair clinic here, who allegedly stole a diamond ring worth Rs 30.69 lakh of a customer, flushed it down a toilet commode out of fear of getting caught, police said on Monday.

Bollywood actor Salman Khan's sister Arpita Khan filed a complaint after her diamond-studded gold jewellery worth around Rs 5 lakh was allegedly stolen from her house in suburban Khar in Mumbai.

Filmmaker Aishwarya Rajinikanth's maid and car driver were arrested on Tuesday for stealing gold and diamond jewellery from the celebrity's house, police said.

Veteran actor Rajnikanth's daughter Aishwarya has filed a police complaint at Chennai's Teynampet police station alleging that diamond and gold jewellery had been stolen from her residence.

The Mumbai police have arrested two diamond brokers in connection with the theft of precious stones worth Rs 3.5 crore, an official said on Monday.

Japanese police were on the hunt Friday for a stolen diamond worth more than $1.8 million after the pricey piece was discovered missing from a jewellery trade show outside Tokyo.

After diamond earrings were stolen from his shop, a jeweler in Patna pointed out towards an unlikely thief-a rat. Surprisingly unfazed by the loss, the shopkeeper said he was delighted that the rat, who believed to be an embodiment of god, took away the earrings on the auspicious day of 'Mahashivratri' and gave them as a present to goddess Parvati.

Fifteen people were arrested on Saturday in connection to the recent theft of a 1000-kg ''Nandi'' idol from an ancient Shiva temple in East Godavari district in Andhra Pradesh, police said.

A Chinese couple who stole a diamond worth 300,000 dirhams (about $81,000) from a shop in Dubai were arrested within 20 hours from the Mumbai airport, authorities have said.

The 108-carat Kohinoor diamond was "surrendered" by the Maharaja of Lahore to the Queen of England and "not handed over" to the British nearly 170 years ago, the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) said in reply to an RTI query by a Ludhiana-based activist.

Robbers have made off with gems worth 300,000 euros ($370,000) snatched from two Indian diamond traders as they were entering a Paris metro station, a source close to the investigation said Friday.

Delhi Police on Tuesday dismissed three personnel of its elite Special Cell for allegedly extorting over Rs 11 lakh from a commission agent whose diamond jewellery worth Rs 2 crore was recently stolen in east Delhi.

Diamonds worth Rs 2 crore were stolen under mysterious circumstances from the car of a commission agent supplying precious stones to jewellers, in Preet Vihar area of east Delhi on Wednesday.