Man held for stealing in sister’s house

The police with the recovered cash and jewellery. They said Khan told them he decided to steal from Tarannum as she had stopped lending him money. Pic/Hanif Patel

The police have arrested a man who is the antithesis of the good bhaiyya from lore and pop culture. He stole gold jewellery worth Rs 1.60 lakh and cash Rs 25 lakh from his elder sister's house. She had kept the cash and valuables for the scheduled wedding ceremony of their younger sister.

The Mira-Bhayander-Vasai-Virar Police Commissionerate's Crime Branch Unit 1 arrested the 28-year-old man, Farman Javed Khan, from Gujarat on Sunday. Khan is an auto driver who stays in Malwani with his wife and children. The complainant, Tarannum Khan, had arranged around Rs 25 lakh cash and jewellery worth Rs 1.60 lakh for their younger sister's wedding. On Friday, the police said Khan went to the complainant's house to sleep, pretending to have a headache. Later Tarannum's family went for a wedding. When they returned they found Khan was not there and the jewellery and cash were missing.

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DCP Vijayakant Sagare, Senior Inspector Aviraj Kurade and his team including PSI Hitendra Vichare began investigation. "We got the CDR of Khan's mobile phone and after finding the location in Gujarat, we arrested him in Valsad with the stolen money and goods," said DCP Sagare.