The RCF police, who had registered a case of robbery against the servant Vikramsinh Deol (25) on February 6, arrested him last week.

“Deol had started working at Chaudhry’s house a few months back. He was a driver but also doubled up as a cook and hence possessed the keys to both Chaudhry’s car and his house. On January 29, Chaudhry had unknowingly dropped a key inside the car and Deol had spotted it. However, instead of returning it to Chaudhry, he pocketed it. Using his house keys, he entered Chaudhry’s flat and used the key to open the safe. After collecting all the cash, he locked the safe and kept it in the next locker,” said Police inspector (Crime), RCF Police station, Shailesh Pasalwar.

According to the police, Deol had then called up Chaudhry, cited an emergency back home in Rajasthan and requested a few days’ leave. Unaware of Deol’s actions, Chauhan had granted him leave and it was only when he returned home that he discovered the cash was missing. Immediately after the complaint was filed, a team of RCF police officials left for Rajasthan.

“Using his cell phone’s IMEI, number we followed him to Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Ratlam before finally nabbing him at Mira Road. He was evading us by keeping his cell phone switched off during intervals and despite our inter-state chase we couldn’t arrest him. Finally, when his location was traced to an electronic appliances shop at Mira Road, we realised that he must have gone there to make purchases,” said Assistant Police Inspector Rajesh Kewale, who led the team.