Mithun, who worked as a driver, had repeatedly asked his grandmother, Putnanjamma, to buy him an auto rickshaw. When she refused, he reportedly duplicated the key to the house's safe. On May 1st, while Putnanjamma and her family were away for a festival, Mithun allegedly stole ₹10 lakh in cash and 125 grams of gold jewelry from the safe and fled, according to police reports.