Gold jewellery worth Rs 15 lakh was stolen from the residence of Telugu filmmaker and director Puri Jagannadh while he was away shooting, police said on March 14.
According to the police, Mr Jagannadh’s daughter took out the jewellery to use it for her school programme a few days ago. The servants were aware of this and the director’s family suspects their hand in the theft.
On March 13, the family realised the jewellery was missing. “Investigation is going on in full swing,” Jubilee Hills police told reporters.
Puri Jagannadh was busy shooting Telugu film Jyothi Lakshmi featuring Charmi Kaur in the lead when the incident happened.