The miscreant who burgled valuables from a Jain temple under Kotwali police station area on December 7 was arrested by Gautam Nagar police on Sunday and recovered the booty from his possession.
Based on the CCTV footages police confirmed the involvement of one Shahnawaz aka Shanu (30) of Gandhi Nagar area. The accused was also booked for several thefts in different parts of the city.
On December 7 when the priest of the Jain temple entered the temple in the morning he found that two donation boxes were missing and later lodged a complaint with the police.
The arrested accused would be interrogated and it is possible that he would confess more burglaries and valuables would be recovered. Meanwhile two miscreants who were involved in burglaries were also nabbed by crime branch Bhopal on Sunday and recovered valuables worth Rs 20,000 from their possession.
Crime branch Bhopal after receiving information about a youth who was trying to sell mobile phone at Sarvardhram Colony was detained and when questioned he confessed that the mobile phone was burgled from Mandakini Colony of Kolar.
The nabbed miscreant was identified as Rohit Godbole who confirmed that he along with Shankarlal Dhaniram had committed the burglary.
Rohit used to work at a road side food stall at JK road Kolar while Shankarlal used to work as labour. The miscreants were involved in burglary in the month of September this year in Mandakini Colony Shirdi Nagar of Kolar and made away with valuables including three mobile phones.