A domestic servant was arrested on the charge of stealing over Rs 2 crore worth of gold jewels and cash from a mill owner's house here a week ago, police said Saturday.
The mill owner Silesh Ethiraj had, on July 31, lodged a complaint that the gold and diamond jewels and Rs 18 lakh in cash, totalling Rs 2.07 crore, were stolen from his house when his family was away for two days, and the servant went missing, they said.
Investigation revealed that the servant Bikash Kumar Roy, hailing from Jharkhand, had boarded the Ernakulam-Patna train on the night of July 29 night and a special police team went to Patna to nab him, the police said.
Based on the photograph and information given to the Railway Protection Force, the police in West Bengal managed to catch Bikash in Patna on Thursday and the special team, which reached there, brought him here late Friday night, they said.
The booty was recovered from the accused, who was remanded and lodged in the central jail here, they added.