The accused, Gajender, was a resident of Uttar Pradesh and pretended to be an orphan before Mukesh Kumar, a resident of Delhi, at a railway station in Kanpur, six years back.

"Kumar took pity on the boy and brought him to his home in Delhi and treated him like his son," a police officer said.

Gradually, the accused started assisting Kumar in his catering business and was entrusted to collect payments from clients. But after years of nurturing, Gajender betrayed Kumar Jan 1 and fled with his Hyundai i10 car, a gold bracelet gifted to him by the victim and the cash collected on that night, police said. Gajender was arrested Friday.

The car and the bracelet were recovered from him.