Mumbai: The city crime branch has recovered gold, diamond-studded jewellery, silverware, cash and an SUV collectively valued at around Rs 96 lakh in connection with the theft of valuables worth Rs 2.65 crore from the Worli residence of Maharashtra Legislative Council deputy chairperson Sachin Ahir.Crime Branch Unit 3 last month arrested four persons, including three domestic workers and another man allegedly involved in disposing of the stolen valuables.Pravin Solanki, one of the employees who had been working with the family for nearly 24 years, was the first to be arrested and interrogations led to the arrest of three others–Satish Kumar Pawan Mistry (26) and Amit Kumar Rambachchanprasad Yadav (26), both from Giridih in Jharkhand, and Surajkumar Sriramchandra Gautam (21), from Basti in Uttar Pradesh.During Solanki’s custodial interrogation, police recovered a 100-gram Valcambi Suisse gold bar valued at Rs 15 lakh and another yellow-metal bullion weighing 224.89 grams and valued at Rs 29.69 lakh. The total recovery from Solanki was estimated at Rs 44.69 lakh. Solanki, who appears to be the key accused, had taken the major portion of the theft.Police subsequently travelled to the native places of the accused with the assistance of local police and recovered jewellery and other valuables.“From Satish Kumar, we recovered gold earrings, ornaments, a chain and ring, a wristwatch and a Mahindra Thar bearing registration number JH-02-BX-1816 which he had bought with the proceeds of the crime. We recovered from him goods worth Rs 25 lakh,’’ said a police source. From Amit Kumar, police recovered two pairs of gold bangles, gold ornaments and rings, another gold item and Rs 1.75 lakh in cash, with the total value estimated at Rs 26.44 lakh. From Surajkumar, police recovered copper utensils and Rs 19,000 in cash, collectively valued at around Rs 23,200. The combined value of the recoveries from the four accused has been estimated at Rs 94.77 lakh.Ahir’s family alleged that the stolen property included a 100-gram gold biscuit, diamond-studded gold bangles, diamond-studded bands and rings, diamond necklaces, silverware and cash. The total value of the stolen property was estimated at Rs 2.65 crore.