The Khar police suspect that the two 19-year-olds who made off with jewellery and cash worth Rs 50 lakh after drugging a Khar family on Saturday night were following the plan of a habitual offender who had tasked the duo with posing as domestic help. The police are currently tracing the accused in Bihar.

The duo, Bihar residents Raja Yadav and Shatrughn Kumar, were hired by the Zaveri family through the family’s former driver to do cleaning and kitchen work. Police suspect the mastermind had got in touch with the driver and he had trained the duo to do his bidding. The family resides at Zaveri House on 14th Road in Khar West. The accused mixed sleeping pills into food that they served to them.