Panchkula, May 20 -- Two sisters employed as maids at a Sector-4 house allegedly fled with Rs.15 lakh in cash, clothes and an Apple mobile phone.

The alleged theft, reported by construction contractor Ranjan Singh to the Mansa Devi Complex police station, took place in the early hours of Monday.

According to the complainant, one of the accused sisters, Sonika, who is from Hardoi district in Uttar Pradesh, had been working as a live-in maid for about two and a half years.

Sonika's elder sister, Monika, also started working as a maid at his house about 25 days ago.

Singh said that the sisters' father and brother also worked at his construction site.

On Sunday night, after they ate dinner, everyone retired to their rooms around 11.30pm....