Rachna Gurjar, a popular Indian influencer who rose to fame by showing off her cash and jewelry on YouTube and other social media platforms, was recently the victim of a burglary that left her without her precious jewels and other valuables.
According to Gurjar, the incident took place late at night when she and her family were asleep inside their home in Madhya Pradesh’s Shivpuri district. Several unidentified men cut the fencing around the property and made their way inside the house, where they proceeded to lock the door to the room where the family was sleeping.
The Indian influencer claims that she and her husband realized something was wrong at around 4 am, when one of them woke up and noticed that the door was closed. They tried opening it, but it was locked, so they panicked and phoned some neighboring relatives to get them out of the room.
When they were finally free, Rachna and her husband found obvious signs of a burglary, including ravaged storage spaces, missing jewelry, cash, and even a carton of energy drinks. Police have launched an investigation, but the suspects have yet to be identified.
“They locked us inside the room and then committed the burglary. They took away gold, silver jewellery, cash, and a carton of energy drink, worth around Rs 8 lakh to Rs 10 lakh ($8,000 – $10,500). They also changed the angles of the CCTV cameras, possibly with a lathi (bamboo cane), so that their faces were not recorded,” Gurjar said.
The Police have launched an investigation into this case, and one of their main leads is Rachna Gurjar’s social media activity. She had recently recorded clips from inside her home, showing off her jewelry and wads of cash to her nearly 100,000 social media followers, and investigators believe this may have made her a target for burglars.
While the police are trying to identify the masked men seen in the CCTV footage captured by Rachna’s surveillance cameras, the incident has sparked a heated debate online regarding the risks of displaying wealth and home interiors on social media.
