India, April 3 -- A 34-year-old man was arrested on Thursday for allegedly stealing jewellery worth Rs.1.75 crore from a Jain temple inside the upscale One Avighna Park complex in Lalbaug, where he previously worked as a security guard. The accused had fled to his sister's place in Madhya Pradesh, from where he was arrested, the police said.

The accused, identified as Jeetendra alias Jitan alias Bunty alias Pandit alias Bhagwati Prasad Nagaich, is a native of Bhind district in Madhya Pradesh and has at least 17 criminal cases registered against him. He had recently been released from jail and was employed as a security guard in the housing society before being dismissed for negligence, the police said.

According to the police, the theft...