The owner and two employees of a Malad gold workshop were arrested following cross complaints of robbery and confinement. While the owner alleged that the staffers had stolen gold dust worth lakhs, the duo said they were held captive by their employer for six days.

Dindoshi police said Jayanto Das, 33, runs a gold workshop on Subhash Lane in Malad East. He recently found 200 grams of gold dust worth R12.5 lakh missing from the unit. Gold dust is collected while polishing jewellery. Das suspected his employees Sanjay Dulai, 28, and Anil Mukherji, 49, were behind the theft. His suspicion was allegedly confirmed after he went through the CCTV footage of the workshop.