A 31-year-old nurse working at actress Sonam Kapoor's bungalow in Delhi was arrested for allegedly stealing cash and jewellery worth Rs 2.4 crore, police said on Wednesday.

Aparna Ruth Wilson was a caregiver for the actor's mother-in-law at the sprawling Amrita Shergill Marg house in the heart of the capital. Wilson's husband Naresh Kumar Sagar an accountant at a private firm in Shakarpur has also been arrested as an accomplice in the case.

The theft took place on February 11 and a police case was registered on February 23 when it was reported at Tughlaq Road Police Station.

The case was filed by the manager of Sonam Kapoor and her husband Anand Ahuja's house that employs over 20 staffers, police said.

"The Delhi Police Crime Branch along with a team of the Special Staff Branch of the New Delhi district conducted a raid in Sarita Vihar on Tuesday night. They arrested Wilson and her husband, both 31 years old," a senior police officer said.

Police said that further investigation is going on and most of the people working at the Amrita Shergill Marg house have been questioned.

The Tughlaq Road police station had transferred the case to the Special Staff Branch of the New Delhi district for investigation.

In March this year, Sonam Kapoor's father-in-law's export-import firm of had been cheated of Rs 27 crore by a group of cyber criminals in Faridabad. 

The culprits had misappropriated rebates of State and Central Taxes meant for Harish Ahuja's company Shahi Export Factory by forging his Digital Signature Certificate.