A 47-year-old watchman has been arrested for stealing a handbag, containing 16 tolas of gold jewellery worth Rs. 4.32 lakh, which one of the residents had mistakenly left hanging on his scooter on the intervening night of April 30, 2019, and May 1, 2019, in the premises of a housing society in Andheri East.

After shutting his shop, Akash Jewellers in Meghwadi, the victim Madan Hiralal Chauhan (43), reached his building premises at around 10:30 pm on April 30, 2019, and proceeded upstairs forgetting his handbag behind on the vehicle.