India, Jan. 14 -- A 42-year-old domestic worker was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly stealing 52 gold-and-silver-plated trophies belonging to his employer, an ad-film director and horse racing enthusiast. The accused was traced and detained from his native place in Odisha and is being brought to Mumbai on a transit remand.

According to the police, the complainant, Shiven Surendranath, 59, a resident of Breach Candy and a member of the Royal Western India Turf Club (RWITC), approached the Gamdevi police on January 4 after discovering that several trophies were missing from his residence. Subsequently, the police registered a case under Section 306 (theft) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.

"Surendranath had employed the accused, Rajendra J...