The Khar police have arrested a 19-year-old caretaker and her boyfriend for stealing 1.2 kg of gold jewellery from the house where she worked, with the intention of funding their marriage. The caretaker was caught after she uploaded photos of herself wearing the stolen jewellery on Instagram. Her boyfriend, who also posted pictures of himself wearing a stolen gold chain, was arrested from Uttar Pradesh.

The accused, Mahima Nagendra Nishad, is a resident of Santacruz, while her boyfriend, Rajnish Shivdhan Arya, 20, resides in Bhasma village, Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh). The police have recovered 70 per cent of the stolen gold from the accused. The complainant is a woman from a business family residing in Khar West.