Iqbal Sheikh's mother Rakhiya shows where the jewellery had been left, nearly 24 hours after it was first stolen. Pic /Milind Karekar

An unidentified thief, who had stolen gold jewellery worth Rs 2.5 lakh, after breaking into a home in Worli, surreptitiously returned the loot when he realised that the police were close on his/her heels.