India, Sept. 9 -- NEW DELHI

Five days after a gold kalash (urn)-studded with diamonds, rubies and emeralds and worth over Rs.1 crore-was stolen from a puja pandal outside the Red Fort, Delhi Police have arrested a 50-year-old man from his residence in Hapur, near Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh, officers said on Monday. The stolen kalash has been recovered from his possession, they said.

Joint commissioner of police Surendra Kumar identified the accused as Bhushan Verma, a resident of Hapur. His associates, Gaurav Kumar Verma, who received the stolen products and Ankit Patil, who acted as the mediator between the two, were also arrested, police said.

"The man searches YouTube for religious events and knows that people use expensive utensils...