I am not for one minute suggesting how the lady of the house protects her
belongings but perhaps she ought to be more careful. She took off her bangles
and left them out in the open for two days before she decided she would
retrieve them.
She did not find them so automatically it was the maid's fault. I do not
condone theft, especially if you trust someone to work in your house, has the
trust of the family & of the employer, but is it reasonable to assume someone
who "flaunts their wealth" in front of a poor lady, who has obviously no
generous or sufficient income in her household to maintain any sensible living,
will eventually give in to the temptation laid down before her?
I would not have called the police but asked the maid to return the bangles &
apologise to her to her for leaving them around for TWO DAYS, unattended and
thank her for looking after them for me.
At least that is what I would hope I would have done in this matter, but I
really do wonder if calling the police in this matter would have served anyone
better? The poor lady, a maid for this lady, so do we know how many people had
access to the bangles? Access to the house? Was this lady living alone? Had
she got members of her family around? Youngsters around? Any other people
about? Why leave her stuff unsecured? I dont think this case merits this maid
to be turned into a criminal, for its the owner of the valuables who is at
fault, not a momentary lapse, this was TWO days later.
I feel sorry for this maid, possibly the sole breadwinner in the family or
one that is contributing heavily, albeit (and I assume this is true), with said
bracelets, so no worries for the family, for a while...............
John Monteiro
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Samir Umarye
BICHOLIM FEB 26: Bicholim police today arrested a house maid in
connection with a theft of golden bangles worth Rs 28,000. According to the
available information one Margaret Fernendes from Gokulwadi Sanquelim had kept
her golden bangles on the TV while going to the church on Sunday. After two
days when she checked she found the bangles missing. She inquired with her
maid, Abole alias Taramati Tivrekar, from Desai Nagar Sanquelim, who failed to
return to work later. Today, Fernandes registered a complaint with the Bicholim
police against the maid. Tivrekar was arrested under section 381 IPC and was
remanded to seven days police custody. Police is
further investigating the case.
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