Theft and robberies are some of the regular crimes and people indulge in such crimes for different purposes but certainly no one could have imagined that the dowry requirements for a marriage too could be met with earnings made through such practices.

However, that is what exactly was aimed at by an MBA student and her mother residing at the APICC colony of Kushaiguda in Hyderabad.

Sarada, doing her second year MBA course at Sai Sudheer College, Kushaiguda hit upon the idea of resorting to thefts and robberies along with her mother Rama Devi to meet the dowry requirement of Rs. 1 lakh to be paid to the bridegroom for solemnizing her marriage on March 8.

The duo of mother and daughter, clad in burqa, entered the house of one Kalpana Friday after noon and tried to snatch away her gold chain by pushing her to the ground. Though overpowered by the two, Kalpana managed to raise an alarm and immediately neighbors came to her rescue. The neighbors caught hold of the duo and handed over to the police.

Police said the mother and daughter, who resided till recently in the neighborhood of Kalpana, knew the moments of her husband who goes in the morning and comes home late in the evening. Knowing this, the duo trespassed into the house and tried to rob Kalpana, a housewife, of her gold ornaments. The mother and daughter are now behind bars. (JUBS)