00:00Inspired by the film Banti or Babli, a young man and woman looted gold and silver jewellery
00:05worth over 15 lakh from a jeweller's shop in the Rao police station area.
00:10The incident took place on the night of December 22.
00:13The duo first bought a ring from the shop to conduct recce and later broke in to steal
00:17100 grams of jewellery.
00:19Police tracked a suspicious vehicle number, followed leads from Mandla and arrested the
00:23accused from Bhopal, recovering most of the stolen ornaments.
00:27During interrogation, the youth claimed he lost his job due to rising use of AI, pushing
00:32him into financial distress.
00:34The woman, a neat aspirant, was also facing money problems.
00:38DCP Krishnalal Chandni said the crime was planned after watching Banti or Babli.
00:43Further investigation is underway.
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