Former Miss World and actor Yukta Mookheys domestic help and an accomplice were arrested Saturday in connection with a theft case. Kandivali police identified the accused as Sunita Varik (30) and her aide Vinod Karande (33). Police said they had stolen jewellery from a previous employer,an assistant accountant with Indian Railways. Sunita was working for Nagma Malik and stayed at her residence in the railway quarters in Kandivali. On May 4,she broke open the locker in Maliks cupboard and fled with jewellery worth Rs 6.15 lakh. Malik registered a complaint and we tried tracking Sunitas cellphone,but it was switched off, said assistant inspector Ravindrasinh Kshirsagar. After further investigation,police obtained Sunitas new number,which was registered in Karandes name and he was picked up for questioning from his Badlapur residence. He confessed it was their regular modus operandi for Sunita to secure employment and steal from the employer,after which they would sell the stolen goods. We questioned Karande about Sunitas current whereabouts and he led us to Mookheys residence in Lokhandwala,where she had been working for ten days. She was arrested from there. Sunita and Karande have two similar cases registered against them with NRI police station in Navi Mumbai. After stealing from Maliks house,Sunita had fled to Gorakhpur and planned to go to Nepal to lie low,but returned to Mumbai as she ran out of money, Kshirsagar said. Sunita and Karande were remanded in police custody till June 26. Police have recovered 75 per cent of the stolen jewellery from Karandes house.
