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Crime
Hyderabad Woman Arrested After Stealing Rs 70 Lakh from Five Homes Using Online‑Learned Lock‑picking Skills
✍️ India Today
🗓 02 Nov 2026, 04:20 AM
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A woman from Hyderabad, who taught herself lock‑picking through online tutorials, was apprehended after looting approximately Rs 70 lakh from five residences.
Hyderabad police have taken into custody a female suspect accused of burglarizing five homes and amassing loot worth roughly Rs 70 lakh. Investigators say the woman acquired lock‑picking techniques from internet sources, enabling her to gain unauthorized entry into the targeted residences.
The thefts, which spanned several weeks, involved the removal of cash, jewellery and other valuables, cumulatively amounting to the reported figure. Law enforcement officials traced the pattern of the break‑ins to a common method of entry, leading them to the suspect's online activity.
Following a coordinated operation, officers located and detained the woman at her residence. She is currently being interrogated, and the recovered assets are being catalogued for return to the victims.
The case underscores growing concerns about the misuse of readily available online instructional material for criminal purposes, prompting calls for heightened vigilance among homeowners and tighter monitoring of illicit content on digital platforms.
Authorities have not disclosed further details pending formal charges and court proceedings.
The thefts, which spanned several weeks, involved the removal of cash, jewellery and other valuables, cumulatively amounting to the reported figure. Law enforcement officials traced the pattern of the break‑ins to a common method of entry, leading them to the suspect's online activity.
Following a coordinated operation, officers located and detained the woman at her residence. She is currently being interrogated, and the recovered assets are being catalogued for return to the victims.
The case underscores growing concerns about the misuse of readily available online instructional material for criminal purposes, prompting calls for heightened vigilance among homeowners and tighter monitoring of illicit content on digital platforms.
Authorities have not disclosed further details pending formal charges and court proceedings.