A tragic accident at the Hukumchand Jute Mill in Halisahar claimed the life of a worker on Tuesday morning. The deceased has been identified as M. Rustam Ali (52), a resident of Halisahar. According to local sources, Rustam Ali was engaged in his duties inside the jute store when the mishap occurred. He was reportedly distracted while operating a machine and accidentally got pulled into it. Though the machine stopped immediately, the damage had already been done. Fellow workers rushed him to the Kalyani ESI Hospital, where doctors declared him dead on arrival. The incident cast a pall of gloom over the jute mill and the surrounding locality, with fellow workers expressing shock and outrage over the tragic loss. In a separate incident, Amherst Street Police cracked a gold heist case involving an elderly woman living alone. Acting on a tip-off, investigators tracked down and arrested the accused from South Barasat in Joynagar. The accused, identified as Mozammel Purkait, hails from Uttar Gangajal village under Mathurapur police station limits. Disguised as a hawker, Mozammel had been hiding at a relative’s house in the Jhautala area near South Barasat railway station. Upon receiving intelligence, Amherst Street Police informed their counterparts in Joynagar, and a joint team launched a raid, arresting the accused. During a subsequent search of the premises, police recovered gold ornaments including a chain and bangles worth Rs 3 lakh, looted from the residence of Suparna Ghosh, the elderly victim from Amherst Street. The accused was brought to Joynagar police station for further interrogation. Investigators are now probing the extent of his involvement in similar crimes and attempting to identify any accomplices in the gold theft racket.