Thane, March 22 Police have registered a case against a former female accounts clerk of a cooperative credit society in Thane city, Maharashtra, for allegedly stealing gold ornaments worth Rs 5.66 lakh belonging to customers, officials said on Sunday.
The alleged offense took place between June and October 2025, when the 22-year-old accused was working for the credit society in the Kalwa area.
During this period, she allegedly stole gold ornaments that had been mortgaged by three customers and were kept in the credit society's locker, a police official said.
The matter came to light after the customers approached the society to reclaim their ornaments upon repayment of their loans, he said.
Based on a complaint, the Kalwa police registered an FIR on March 20 against the accused under section 306 (theft by a clerk or servant of property in their master's possession) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, the official said.