Hyderabad, Dec. 17 -- The Hyderabad police uncovered two major servant thefts in the span of a few days and recovered stolen gold and silver ornaments worth approximately Rs 31 lakhs.

A 53-year-old Yellu Sujatha had filed a complaint at the Bollarum police station on December 13, alleging that the missing gold and silver ornaments from her almirah were stolen by her househelp, Jajala Sindhu, alias Chinnari.

After the case was registered, police recovered gold items weighing 7.1 tulas and silver articles weighing 61 tulas from the accused maid.

A resident of Dovton Road in Bollarum, the complainant had employed Sindhu in July, and only noticed the missing items while she was about to travel.

Sindhu, who is from Medak, had stolen the je...