ISLAMABAD: A Chinese housemaid stole million of rupees from the house of her employer, who also hailed from China, and disappeared, police said on Wednesday.

A case was registered with the Margalla police against the housemaid in response to a complaint lodged by her employer, Xie Guangjin.

Mr Guangjin, who is associated with the China Pakistan Economic Corridor, and resides in F-8 sector, told the police that he had hired a housemaid from his native country for cooking and carrying out other household work.

The complainant said the suspect, Zhao Yongqun, arrived in Islamabad about 10 days ago and started staying at his residence.

However, he claimed that all of a sudden she left the house last Saturday without any notice.

He said he searched for her all around Islamabad but could not trace her, adding that on suspicion, he checked his belongings and found $11,000, Chinese Yuan 12,700 and Rs150,000 cash missing along with four boxes of imported Chinese cigarettes worth Rs130,000.

Mr Guangjin requested the police to search for the housemaid and recover his belongings.

When contacted, a police officer said after registering the case, investigation had been launched and assistance from the Safe City Authority was being taken to trace the woman’s whereabouts.

Besides, he said the immigration department had also been approached with the request to provide the suspect’s travel history in order to establish whether she had flown out of the country or was still inside Pakistan.

In another incident, burglars stole valuables worth over Rs3.4 million form a house in DHA-II, police said.

A case has been registered with Humak police station in response to a complaint lodged by Maria Niazi.

The police said some burglars broke into the house when the residents were away. Upon returning home, they found the house ransacked and a Rolex watch worth Rs1.5 million, two Gucci watches worth Rs800,000, jewellery set worth Rs1 million, an Ipad and a laptop stolen.

Published in Dawn, October 3rd, 2024