Updated On: 27 September, 2022 08:03 AM IST | Mumbai | Shirish Vaktania
Woman worked as a cook at victims’ Nalasopara home, while her ‘husband’ was a guard; they claimed to be from Nepal though woman had given a copy of her Aadhaar card

Laxmi, the cook. Security guard Manbahadur Pics/Hanif Patel
The Nalasopara police are trying to track down a couple who allegedly poisoned an advocate and his wife and fled away with their gold jewellery worth Rs 12 lakh. The victims landed in ICU and regained consciousness only after two days. The family had hired the man to work as a guard at their home and the woman as a cook a month ago.
Complainant Brajesh Bhelloriya and his wife Dolly Singh live at Bhelloriya House at Rajodi near Kalam beach, Nalasopara West. They had a cook for many a long but he left for his village some time ago. They then began looking for another cook.