The Santacruz police have caught the 25-year-old caretaker, who allegedly killed his 85-year-old employer after snatching his gold chain. He was trying to flee to his village when he was nabbed at Ahmedabad railway station. Police are also conducting an enquiry against the company for hiring the accused without police verification. They are verifying the details of 35 other caretakers hired by the company.

Last week, Krishna Manbahadur Periyar was trying to sneakily take Murlidhar Purshottam Naik’s 20-gm gold chain out when the latter woke up. A fight ensued and Periyar killed Murlidhar, police said. Murlidhar and his wife Uma Naik lived at Helena Apartments on Central Avenue road in Santacruz West. In January, they hired a caretaker via Health Care at Home India Pvt Ltd, but he went to his hometown on May 1 and was replaced by Periyar, a resident of Ahmedabad.