New Delhi: A 42-year-old cab driver has been arrested for stealing a bag of a woman passenger at the IGI airport's domestic terminal, police said on Wednesday.

Police said the accused, identified as Mohammad Akhtar, a resident of Garhi village in south Delhi, was arrested on Tuesday night from his house.

"Akhtar had on Monday night robbed a bag of woman passenger, Rachna Singh, when she arrived at domestic airport by an Indigo flight from Indore. She was carrying three bags. While she boarded a private cab at the pick-up zone, her driver kept two bags but when he returned to pick the third bag, it was missing," said Deputy Commissioner of Police Sanjay Bhatia.

Police registered a case in IGI domestic police station on Singh's complaint.

"During investigation, the police team after examining the CCTV footage, found a driver in a purple car had stolen the bag. The passengers of Singh's flight were short-listed and all the single passengers were contacted," he said, adding one of them, Mauktik Bandhu confirmed about travelling in the car and shared the details of the driver.