The Malabar Hill police have apprehended a domestic worker for allegedly stealing R1.16 lakh from a senior citizen last month. The matter had come to light on February 13, when Rekhya Khalid Ansari, 79, approached the police to register an FIR against her house help, Alen Kanjur, as she had noticed that R1.16 lakh was missing from her bank account.

According to the police, Ansari lives with her disabled son near Kemps Corner, south Mumbai. “Her younger son lives abroad and sends money to her. When Ansari checked her bank account, she noticed that someone had withdrawn money between January 25 and 30,” a senior official told mid-day.