Hema Malini, the gorgeous actress who had the privilege of being called  dream girl of bollywood in her heydays, may heave a sigh of relief as five thieves-- Vinod Sahi, Manoj Sahi, Thapendra Sahi, Mann Bahadur Sahi and Vir Bahadur Batala—have been arrested by police and Rs 11 lakhs recovered from them.




The police are still looking for three more persons who were also said to be involved with the crime at Hema Malini’s Dindoshi house involving the disappearances of Rs 84 lakhs worth of jewellery and cash. A significiant thing about these five arrested persons are that they all had connections with Nepal and were working in Mumbai, Dombivali and Pune as security guard with various organizations or cooperative housing societies.




While Vir Batala, who works as guard in Goregaon area of Mumbai, is said to have informed the culprits about Hema Malini’s Dindhoshi bungalow as possible target, it was the youngsters from Pune—Vinod and Manoj Sahi—who committed the theft after carefully observing the venue for some time. In the meantime, the search for-- Umesh Sahi, Netra Sahi and Garak Sahi—is still on as they were also said to be involved in the crime.

The theft at Hema Malini has sent shockwaves through out the city as Nepali security guards had traditionally been considered to be honest and upright than others. Due to this factor, most of companies and organizations had till now preferred hiring of Nepalis in security duties.

However, this theft and other incidents where Nepali servants committed crimes in houses they were working, has forced the people to sit up and take notice about them. Now, the attitude of confidence and trust which had been there since the British period has started changing.

Even the Government of India may be forced to impose some restrictions on the influx of Nepali citizens into India for work as they do not require any visa formalities at present. In the long run, it will only hurt the economy of Nepal, which depends heavily on the earnings from India.