A 20-year-old worker accused of stealing gold worth Rs 5.35 lakh from a jewellery manufacturing unit in Dahisar gave police the slip by boarding a flight to Kolkata while officers were keeping watch at Mumbai’s railway stations.

The MHB Colony police, however, tracked down Nasiruddin Yaar Ali Shaikh in his native village in West Bengal and arrested him with the help of the local police. Investigators later arrested Prashant Byapari, 39, a Zaveri Bazaar gold trader accused of purchasing the stolen gold. Police said they have recovered around 94 per cent of the stolen gold and cash generated from its sale.