The stolen valuables and cash were recovered from the boy’s possession in Bengaluru

Girl vandalized house to make it look like burglary

RAJKOT: The famous rock song "I would do anything for love... I'd run right into hell and back... I would do anything for love" would be apt to describe what 20-year-old Priyanka Parsana did to help her boyfriend of two years Het Shah (20) become a commercial pilot.Priyanka allegedly stole cash and jewellery worth over 1 crore to pay for Het's fees at the pilot training academy in Bengaluru. She also vandalised her house to make the incident look like a burglary. Both Priyanka and Het were arrested on Saturday for planning and executing the burglary. Police has also recovered the stolen jewellery and cash from the duo.According to police, Priyanka's family broke down when they were told that it was their daughter who had stolen the valuables and cash on November 29 for her boyfriend. The case was cracked on Friday late evening, nearly 17 days after Priyanka's father Kishor Parsana, an industrialist, lodged a burglary complaint with the Bhaktinagar police.Priyanka, a resident of posh Gitanjali Park area in Bhaktinagar, and Het, a resident of Geet Gurjari society on Airport road, were in a relationship for two years. Both were studying to become chartered accountant and had met at a tuition class.According to police, Priyanka stole 3kg gold jewellery worth over Rs 90 lakh, 2kg silver ornaments and Rs 64,000 cash from the cupboard of her house when her mother and married elder sister went out of station on November 29.She vandalized the house to make it look like a burglary before leaving the house after locking it at 1.15pm. When her father came for lunch from the factory around 2.30pm, he found the house vandalized and informed the police. It was only on December 1, when Priyanka’s mother returned, the family came to know that the jewellery and cash from cupboard were missing.“There was no forced entry and cupboard was opened with the help of duplicate key. It was clear that somebody with a duplicate key was involved in the burglary,” assistant commissioner of police, crime branch, Jaydeepsinh Sarvaiya said.“We became sure that somebody from the family or someone close to them was involved,” he added.Police also cross-checked Priynaka’s statement with the closed circuit television footage of the housing society, but could not find a lead. Suspecting Priynak’s statement, the cops checked her past and found that she was in love with Het. When cops inquired about Het, they found he had left for Bengaluru a day after the burglary at Priyanka’s house was reported.A team of crime branch reached Bengaluru and interrogated Het. They also found the stolen valuables and cash in his possession. Police said that Het confessed that he and Priyanka had planned the burglary. Rajkot police commissioner Manoj Agrawal said, “During interrogation it was found that Het wanted to become pilot and needed Rs 20 lakh for the fees. Priyanka wanted to help him pursue his dream, so she stole the jewellery and cash from her own house.” Het’s father works with a ceramic manufacturing firm in Morbi, while Priyanka belongs to a rich family.According to the police when Priyanka’s family came to know about her crime, they wanted to withdraw the burglary FIR.