The woman is undergoing treatment at the Government Royapettah Hospital. The police sources said that the woman, identified as Haseena, was suspected of having stolen at least eight sovereigns of gold jewellery from the house of a businessman where she worked as a domestic help.

She had quit the job a few weeks ago. On learning about the missing jewellery, her erstwhile employer had invited her home on the pretext of asking her to take old clothes and questioned her about the jewellery and then alerted the police. Haseena was then taken to the police station for further enquiry and let off.