NEYYATINKARA: A girl in school uniform stole money from a silver jewellery shop. The incident took place at Mookambika Silver Palace, a shop in Neyyatinkara, on Thursday. Rs 21,180 has been lost, said the shop employee. The CCTV footage shows a girl, wearing pants, a shirt and an overcoat, escaping with the stolen money.

When the girl arrived, there was only an elderly employee in the shop. During the incident, the elderly employee was asleep and another had gone to the bank. The girl had opened the cash counter, took the bag in her hand and came out. On realizing that the bag had only keys in it, she went back and stole a wad of notes from the cash counter. When the employee returned from the bank and opened the table, he found that the money was lost. Soon after, they checked the CCTV footage and the theft was confirmed. We have started investigation on the complaint lodged by the shop owner, said the Neyyatinkara circle inspector.