{"id":28994,"date":"2026-09-26T10:54:29","date_gmt":"2026-09-26T10:54:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=28994"},"modified":"2026-09-26T10:54:29","modified_gmt":"2026-09-26T10:54:29","slug":"influencer-flaunts-gold-cash-on-insta-burglars-make-off-with-booty-madurai-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=28994","title":{"rendered":"Influencer flaunts gold, cash on Insta; burglars make off with booty | Madurai News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\"><video-embed value=\"false\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ihgno clearfix  \">\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-134502325,imgsize-145151,width-400,height-225,resizemode-75\/her-reels-and-posts-featured-her-showing-off-her-jewellery-at-home-displaying-bundles-of-cash-spread-across-a-mattress-and-showering-money-on-her-child.jpg\" alt=\"Influencer flaunts gold buy, posts vacation plan; thieves strike it rich\" title=\"Her reels and posts featured her showing off her jewellery at home, displaying bundles of cash spread across a mattress and showering money on her child.\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"Her reels and posts featured her showing off her jewellery at home, displaying bundles of cash spread across a mattress and showering money on her child.\">Her reels and posts featured her showing off her jewellery at home, displaying bundles of cash spread across a mattress and showering money on her child.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>MADURAI: A Kanyakumari-based influencer posted reels flaunting her gold ornaments and showering her child with cash notes. She also posted updates about the family\u2019s shopping trips and outings.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"2\"\/>The reels were perhaps meant to bedazzle and overawe her social media friends and followers with her extravagant lifestyle but left her family poorer by Rs 1 crore. Burglars took a cue and made the most of the information.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>Late Thursday evening, after the family came back home from a shopping trip, they found 120 sovereigns of gold ornaments, diamond jewellery and 50,000 in cash missing.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/>The burglary was reported at the house of Madhumita, a YouTube and Instagram influencer, at Thamathukonam near Nagercoil, the headquarters of Kanyakumari district. Her husband, <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/vinoth-kumar\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vinoth Kumar<\/a>, is a businessman.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"12\"\/>The family, which had gone out earlier in the evening to shop for clothes, discovered the theft after returning. They found the almirah in the bedroom forced open and the valuables missing.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"14\"\/>Police arrived after being informed and found that the intruders hadentered the house after breaking open the rear door lock. \u201cThe SP visited the crime scene, and five special teams have been formed to track the suspects,\u201d said inspector Jayalakshmi.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"18\"\/>Police are now examining <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/madhumitha\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Madhumitha<\/a>\u2019s social media activity as part of the investigation. Her reels and posts featured her showing off her jewellery at home, displaying bundles of cash spread across a mattress and showering money on her child.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"22\"\/>\u201cShe had also uploaded videos boasting that the family bought gold every month. Other reels routinely disclosed where the family was travelling and the purpose of their outings,\u201d said an investigating officer.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"24\"\/>According to police, the burglars tracked Madhumitha\u2019s reels and timed their strike when the house was vacant.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/madurai\/influencer-flaunts-gold-cash-on-insta-burglars-make-off-with-booty\/articleshow\/134490959.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Her reels and posts featured her showing off her jewellery at home, displaying bundles of cash spread across a mattress and showering money on her child. MADURAI: A Kanyakumari-based influencer posted reels flaunting her gold ornaments and showering her child with cash notes. 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