Ex-house help held for theft at BJP MP Manoj Tiwari’s Mumbai flat

MUMBAI: (Jan 20) The Mumbai police have arrested a former domestic help of BJP MP Manoj Tiwari for allegedly breaking into the actor-politician's flat in the western suburbs here and stealing Rs 5.4 lakh, an official said on Tuesday.

The accused, Surendra Kumar Deenanath Sharma, had been dismissed from service two years ago after he was caught using duplicate keys to enter the Delhi BJP MP's flat in Andheri last week, the official said.

According to the first information report (FIR), Tiwari's manager, Pramod Jogendra Pandey, has alleged that Rs 4.4 lakh went missing from one of the rooms in June last year, after which CCTV cameras were installed on the premises in December.