A shopaholic has been arrested after four months for stealing Rs 1.2 lakh from his colleague. MIDC police arrested him from Lonavala, where the accused Vipul Vilas Pradhan, was living with his family on rent. Pradhan, a 38-year-old account assistant, initially lived in Thane with his mother, brother and sister. He would spend all his salary on shopping and alcohol and would rely on his siblings. He, however, was in charge of paying the rent for the flat, but in March this year the landlord got in touch with his family members over non-payment of rent.

“Within a night, the family packed their bags and left the flat and came to live in a hotel named Relax Residency in Sakinaka. Pradhan had claimed that he had joined a new company which was sponsoring their stay at the hotel. They booked two rooms and lived there for 15 days,” said an officer from MIDC police station.