Karnal, June 11 -- Panipat police on Wednesday arrested a man for allegedly stealing Rs.8 lakh in cash and jewellery worth Rs.15 lakh from a locked house in the Tehsil Camp area of the district.

The accused, identified as Ramsneh, a resident of Jawa Colony in Panipat, was produced in the court, which remanded him to three-day police custody.

Police said that the arrest was made by a CIA-II team led by Inspector Virendra, and during interrogation, the accused confessed to committing the theft.

According to a complaint lodged by Sunny, he had travelled to Patna on February 6, 2025, and when he returned three days later, he found his house ransacked.

"Upon entering the house, I found the locks of two iron almirahs (cupboards) in the room...