The Mumbai Police on Saturday arrested three persons in connection with a housebreaking and theft case at a cloth shop in Dadar East and recovered cash worth Rs 97,000.

According to the first information report (FIR) registered at Bhoiwada Police Station, the shop owner stated that the burglary took place between 7.30 pm on January 12 and 9 am on January 13 at Vivekanand Mansion on BJ Devrukhkar Road. Unknown persons allegedly broke open the shop’s shutter and decamped with 170 notes of Rs 500 denomination (Rs 85,000), 50 notes of Rs 200 denomination (Rs 10,000), and 20 notes of Rs 100 denomination (Rs 2,000), taking the total stolen amount to Rs 97,000.