A thief entered the sixth floor of a film director's house at 3.10 pm, everything was captured on CCTV camera


A thief broke into the home of Marathi film and TV director Swapna Waghmare Joshi (58) through a drainage pipe. At midnight, while everyone was asleep, a thief dressed in a T-shirt and shorts climbed to the sixth floor of her building and entered the house through a French window.

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Every move of the thief was captured in the CCTV camera. According to the police report, Joshi's 3BHK flat is on the sixth floor of Windsor B building near Sab TV Lane, Shabri Hotel in Andheri West. On August 25, at around 3.17 pm, a thief entered Swapna's house through a French sliding window and started looking for money or valuables in the hall. He then went towards Joshi's mother's room and opened the door.

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The thief opened the door a little, but there was a dog there

The thief opened the door slightly and peeked into the bedroom where Joshi's mother was sleeping on the bed and the caretaker was sleeping on the floor. Later, he peeked into the other bedroom but couldn't get in as there was a dog there. So, he headed towards the kitchen and then started looking into the temple room.

The incident occurred between 3.10 and 3.30 am.

He then went to Joshi's daughter Soumita's room, where she and her husband were sleeping. The thief entered the room and stole Rs 6,000 from Soumita's purse. The incident took place between 3.10 and 3.30 am.

pet cat saved the house

Joshi's son-in-law Devan was woken up by their pet cat at 3.30 am. Devan had gone to the kitchen to get water and suspected something, so he came back to the hall and saw the thief. He chased him, but the thief managed to escape through the window in a few seconds. The thief was unarmed. The entire incident was captured on CCTV installed in Joshi's house.

Complaint lodged with Amboli police

Following the incident, Joshi lodged a complaint with the Amboli police. Joshi filed a complaint against an unidentified person, following which the Amboli police registered an FIR on August 26 under sections 305 (theft in house), 331 (3) and 331 (4) (house trespass or house breaking) of the Indian Penal Code.

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