Father gets son arrested in theft case

MUMBAI: Bandra police arrested a 30-year-old Bandra resident in a theft case. His father's complained to the police that the accused stole Rs 7 lakh cash and ornaments worth Rs 12 lakh from their house on Saturday.

The accused, Irfan Memon, is a habitual offender and drug addict said the police.

The Bandra police arrested him on Thursday in the case.

Memon's father told the police that his son had kept few laptops and LCD TVs in his bedroom which didn't belong to the family. The police seized the valuables after arresting Memon. "After committing theft at his house, the accused was roaming in Santa Cruz. He found an unattended parked Innova and had stolen a bag from it containing a passport and valuables," said an officer.

Memon then left for Lonavla where he lived for couple on days and returned to Mumbai on Wednesday.

The police was looking for him in the area and managed to arrest him. Memon's father told the police that he kept his son in rehabilitation for a couple of years earlier after which he left drugs. But few months ago, he again started to consume cocaine. Memon would commit the crimes under the influence of drugs, said the police.

The police produced Memon before a court on Thursday and the court remanded him to two days' police custody. Police suspect that he has committed several other offences in the area and are inquiring about it.