Man wanted in 15 house-breaking thefts arrested in Maha

A 30-year-old man wanted in asmany as 15 cases of house-breaking thefts has been arrested inThane district of Maharashtra, police said Thursday Acting on several complaints, the police launched aprobe and nabbed Dinesh Yadav, a resident of Nallasopara areain the neighbouring Palghar district, here on Tuesday, seniorpolice inspector Jairaj Ranavare said

Yadav's interrogation revealed that around 15 caseswere registered against him at various police stations hereand in neighbouring Mumbai under Indian Penal Code Sections454 and 457 (lurking house-trespass or house-breaking in orderto commit offence), he said

The police recovered 76 gm of stolen golden ornamentsworth around Rs 2.28 lakh from the accused, he said, addingthat a probe was underway in various cases against him.