Gurugram: A 22-year-old woman was arrested from Meerut for allegedly stealing gold jewellery and cash worth at least ₹20 lakh from her employer’s apartment in Sector-91, where she had been employed just a fortnight ago, police said on Friday.Police said they recovered stolen jewellery worth at least ₹15 lakh in her possession. (Representative photo)Police said the suspect hailed from the Mayurbhanj district of Odisha and was hired by the owner via a private agency in Delhi. The suspect had started working as a domestic helper for the family on June 19, and her background verification had not yet been completed.Police said they recovered stolen jewellery worth at least ₹15 lakh in her possession.According to police, the complainant, a resident of DLF New Town Heights in Sector 91, alleged that the woman fled on June 29 after stealing gold ornaments and cash from the house.Based on the complaint, an FIR under Section 305 (theft) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita was registered at the Sector-10 police station.Sandeep Turan, public relations officer of Gurugram police, said the suspect was tracked down near Babugarh in Meerut on Wednesday while she was trying to flee to Odisha.“Efforts are underway to recover the remaining stolen property and cash and ascertain if other suspects were also in the case,” he said.The accused was produced before a court on Thursday and remanded to three days’ police custody.