A couple from Rajasthan has been arrested for stealing the gold chain of a 3-year-old girl at Bandra Mount Mary Fair on Saturday. While the police tracked down the wife-husband duo within a few hours of the crime, they could not immediately recover the gold as the man had swallowed it. He was taken to Sion hospital where doctors extracted it after an endoscopy.

The police said Nalasopara resident Filvy Narkar, his wife and daughter Taniya came to the Bandra Fair around 3.30 pm. The family prayed outside the church before visiting the fair. An hour later, they noticed that Taniya’s chain was missing. The parents then approached the Bandra police.