The police arrested a man for theft of gold ornaments from a house at Kumbaragadige in Somwarpet taluk.
The arrested is Girish, a resident of Mullusoge. He had allegedly stolen gold worth Rs 1.40 lakh from the house of Somaiah on June 10. Girish is a relative of Somaiah.
After stealing the gold ornaments, he had mortgaged them in a private financial institution. The police have recovered the gold.
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