What Shiv Sena leader’s house help bought from Rs 2.60-crore theft: ‘House, land, Mahindra Thar SUV’ | Mumbai News

July 30, 2026 Headlinesnews

2 min readJul 30, 2026 07:05 PM IST

The Mumbai Crime Branch raided two villages in Jharkhand in connection with the Rs 2.60-crore theft at the Worli residence of Shiv Sena leader and Maharashtra Legislative Council Deputy Chairperson Sachin Ahir, and recovered gold jewellery, Rs 4 lakh in cash and a Mahindra Thar SUV, allegedly purchased with the stolen money. The recoveries were made from the native villages of the house helps who worked at Sachin Ahir’s residence and nicked Rs 2.6 crore worth of items over a period of three years.

How stolen money was spent: ‘House, land, gold’

At least four individuals employed at Sachin Ahir‘s residence have been arrested in connection with the theft case. They are Pravin Solanki, who worked at Sachin Ahir’s house for 20 years, Satish Kumar Mistry, Amit Kumar Yadav and Suraj Gautam.

During the investigation, police found that Satish and Amit had allegedly purchased a house, a piece of land, a tempo and a vehicle in their native village in Giridih district of Jharkhand. They had also transferred large sums of money to their relatives.

When a crime branch team and local police raided the villages, they found gold ornaments, Rs 4 lakh in cash and a Mahindra Thar SUV, allegedly bought using the stolen money, an officer said. The police recovered 325 grams of gold from a Mumbai-based jeweller.

The case came to light after one of Sachin Ahir’s family members could not find a piece of jewellery in the house. A subsequent check revealed that several gold ornaments, gold biscuits, diamond jewellery, silverware and cash were missing from the house.

It was then that the Shiv Sena leader’s son, Krishna Ahir, filed a police case, alleging that valuables had been disappearing from their house.

During interrogation, Solanki has allegedly confessed to selling the stolen valuables and sharing the proceeds with his associates. Police suspect that his long association with the family gave him the knowledge of where the valuables were kept, enabling him to steal expensive items over an extended period without immediately arousing suspicion. Further investigation is underway to recover the remaining stolen property, the officer added.

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