Bhubaneswar: Laxmisagar police here on Friday arrested a woman for allegedly receiving valuables stolen by caretaker Balabhadra Maharana, who was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly murdering his 76-year-old employer, Kunjalata Nanda, and looting her valuables on Nov 3. The accused, identified as Sabita Sethi (40), is a resident of Brahmagiri in Puri district. Police said she and Maharana have known each other for a long time.Police recovered a large quantity of gold and silver ornaments from her possession. “The seized valuables include two pairs of gold bangles, a gold chain, two gold rings, a pair of gold earrings, four gold-plated playing cards and around 1 kg of silver ornaments,” said DCP Saravana Vivek M.On Thursday, police recovered Rs 20,600 in cash, two mobile phones, a gold locket, a gold ring and a pair of earrings from Maharana. “With the latest seizure, we have recovered all the valuables stolen from the victim’s house,” the DCP said.According to police, Sethi allegedly received the stolen property, sheltered Maharana and helped him evade arrest after the crime. After allegedly murdering Nanda at her house around 10 pm on Nov 3, Maharana first went to his home in the Krushaprasad area of Puri district, where he met his wife, son, who is a Plus II student, and daughter, who studies in Class IX. He did not tell his family about the murder and left home soon after.He later visited Sethi’s house and handed over most of the stolen valuables to her. “Sethi was aware of Maharana’s crime and took custody of the stolen valuables. She also harboured the prime accused,” the DCP said. Maharana was arrested near Surat in Gujarat on Wednesday while allegedly attempting to flee to Delhi in a bus. In an attempt to evade arrest, he travelled through five states in a week, moving from Puri to Kolkata (West Bengal), Ranchi (Jharkhand), Raipur (Chhattisgarh) and Panipat (Haryana) before reaching Surat.