History-sheeter Asgar Sardar and his associate Ratan Dhar were arrested for the robbery which was reported earlier this month at a house on Raja Mahindra Road in Tala police station limits, a senior officer of Kolkata Police said.
"Rs 12,000 in cash along with some gold ornaments estimated at around Rs 1.5 lakh were robbed from the house when the inhabitants were out for a vacation during the Durga pujas," he said adding that on returning home on October 2, the inhabitants found the entire house ransacked.