Mumbai: Domestic help held for stealing from judge’s home

A 48 year-old maid has been arrested by the Khar police for allegedly robbing cash worth Rs 1.5 lakh from the residence of a retired judge of the Bombay High Court.
The accused has been identified as Leena Laxman More, who is a Santacruz resident. She has been accused of decamping with the cash while the judge was out with his family.
According to the Khar police, More works as domestic help at different places and took up work at the judge’s residence six months ago. She used to get paid on an hourly basis from 8 am to 9 am.
“On Thursday, while the judge was out with his wife and daughter to attend a lecture in Bhopal, More came in as per her routine schedule. When the family returned on Friday, they found that three cupboards were left open and cash worth Rs 50,000, Rs 75,000 and RS 35,000 were missing from the cupboards,” said a police officer.
On being confronted, More denied she stole the money after which she was taken to the police and an official complaint was lodged against her