Mumbai: A Chennai homemaker filed a police complaint on Monday after she found valuables worth Rs 49,000 missing from her bag after travelling on an Air India flight from Mumbai to Chennai on July 29.Sahar police registered an FIR against an unknown person but did not track down the accused and suspected the theft occurred while the bag was sent for cargo loading. The complainant, Hajira Abutahir (36), flew to Mumbai specially to file the complaint after flying to Chennai 10 days ago.Since 2024, over two dozen thefts have reportedly occurred inside the two Mumbai airports, but not a single case has been solved and no thief has been caught. Sahar police probed at least 10 thefts registered between Jan and Aug 2016. The last theft of baggage was registered on Aug 2 and was filed by a first-year MBBS student who is an Irish national.“We have sought CCTV footage from the airport authorities and other agencies to track the case. There are 10 pending cases this year alone. The team is gathering information of all the loaders and other staffs hired from third party agencies whose role is suspected to be in the crime. Probe is also on to find out whether these suspects carry any scanner to identify the valuables from the passengers baggage to steal before loaded into the flight,” said a police officer of Sahar police station.The Chennai resident said two gold earrings, one gold ring with a floral design, and a silver anklet, collectively valued at Rs 49,000, were stolen in Mumbai after she handed over the bag for cargo and boarded the flight. “On reaching my Chennai I checked my baggage and found the valuables missing. I went to Chennai Airport and checked the entire CCTV footage, and it was found that there was no tampering with my bag. But the valuables was missing and is confirmed stolen in Mumbai airport,” said Abutahir in the FIR.Abutahir visited Mumbai’s Dharavi locality on July 18 after her brother Abdulrazzak had a son. “I stayed at my maternal home for a few days. On July 29 at 7 pm, I left Dharavi in my brother’s car for the airport. I deposited my grey suitcase and a black bag at the Air India checking counter at the airport. However, the following valuables was stolen at Mumbai airport after the bags were given to load for cargo in the flight,” she said in the FIR.The theft was reported a week after a first-year MBBS student and Irish citizen reported that her baggage containing clothes, make-up sets and other items went missing at Mumbai International Airport in June. The student, Harshita Agarwal (19), was on a two-month vacation and travelled to Mumbai to visit her maternal uncle’s home in Jalna in June. The case was registered at Sahar police station on Aug 2 after Jalna police took Agarwal’s complaint two weeks earlier and transferred the case file to Mumbai for further probe.“As the incident occurred almost a month and a half ago, our team have sought the CCTV footage to track down the person who took Agarwal’s baggage,” said a police officer of Sahar police station.Unsolved Past Cases:Feb 2026 | Powai police registered an FIR of theft against an unidentified person for allegedly stealing Rs 1.5 lakh from the baggage of a 42-year-old businessman who travelled from Delhi to Mumbai. The complainant, identified as Afzal Zafar Chaudhary (42), a construction material-supplying businessman and a resident of Uttar Pradesh, told police he travelled on Spicejet flight SG 385 between 6:15 am and 8:30 am and reached Mumbai Airport Terminal. Case still unsolvedJune 2025 | A flyer, AD Jain, vice president of a real estate company, discovered that gold ornaments worth Rs 5.5 lakh, belonging to his wife, were missing from his laptop bag upon landing at Mumbai International Airport from Delhi at 4 am. Case registered with Shivaji Park police and it is unsolved.April 2025 | A nurse, aged 50, discovered that her gold jewellery valued at Rs 1.25 lakh had vanished during her journey from Kochi to Mumbai on Akasa flight on Mar 28. The ornaments were stored in a purse within her handbag, which she had placed in the aircraft’s luggage compartment. Upon arrival at Mumbai airport, Rosamma Joseph realised that whilst her handbag remained intact, the purse containing the precious items was missing. Case with Airport police which is unsolved.Feb 2025 | A 63-year-old retired mechanical engineer from Navi Mumbai faced a distressing situation at Mumbai International Airport after his flight from Kolkata when thieves stole his password-protected iPhone from his shirt pocket on Feb 8. The victim, Badal Dutta, later discovered that the accused had carried out 10 unauthorised transactions from his three bank accounts within an hour of the theft after reaching home, according to police. Case still unsolved.