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The Delhi Police has arrested a 34-year-old woman for allegedly stealing a gold ring from a jewellery shop in east Delhi’s Laxmi Nagar during Diwali festivities, an official said on Thursday.

The accused, identified as Poonam Yadav, a resident of Kanpur, is part of an inter-state gang of women thieves involved in multiple gold thefts across Delhi-NCR, police said.

“On October 19, amid heavy festive crowds in the Laxmi Nagar market, three women entered a jewellery shop and stole a gold ring weighing 5.4 grams before fleeing. The theft was captured on CCTV cameras, and the footage went viral on social media, prompting police action,” a senior police officer said.

An e-FIR was registered, and multiple teams were formed to identify and nab the culprits, police sai

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