India, July 18 -- A nurse working for a 78-year-old woman stole cheques from her house and tried to withdraw Rs.5 lakh from the latter's bank account, police said on Thursday, adding that they are searching for the accused. The victim, identified as Krishna Talwar, who lives in C Block of Anand Niketan in south Delhi, filed a police complaint of cheating and theft.

The nurse committed the theft before she was let go a few weeks ago, and the matter came to light when the senior citizen's bank called to ask her if she was trying to withdraw Rs.5 lakh from a branch in Jharkhand.

According to the FIR, seen by HT, Talwar reported the matter at South Campus police station on Wednesday. The victim said she hired a nurse named Rain Minj from a ...