<p>A man from Ramanagara has been arrested for stealing gold jewellery and other valuables from bus passengers and burgling homes. </p>.<p>Around 306 grams of gold jewellery, a kilogram of silver articles — all worth Rs 16 lakh — have been seized from him, police said. </p>.<p>Anand Giri, police said, stole gold jewellery from Naveen Kumar, a software engineer, when the latter was getting down from a bus at the Mysuru Road bus station around 9 am on January 5. </p>.<p>Kumar's wife had packed a gold chain and ring, and kept them in his bag. When he got off the bus that day, his backpack got unzipped. Someone stole the jewellery from it. </p>.<p>Police swung into action and nabbed Giri. With his arrest, police said they solved two cases of pickpocketing and house theft. </p>.<p>Police described Giri as an expert in stealing valuables by diverting the target's attention. He operated at crowded bus stations and escaped in a jiffy. </p>
<p>A man from Ramanagara has been arrested for stealing gold jewellery and other valuables from bus passengers and burgling homes. </p>.<p>Around 306 grams of gold jewellery, a kilogram of silver articles — all worth Rs 16 lakh — have been seized from him, police said. </p>.<p>Anand Giri, police said, stole gold jewellery from Naveen Kumar, a software engineer, when the latter was getting down from a bus at the Mysuru Road bus station around 9 am on January 5. </p>.<p>Kumar's wife had packed a gold chain and ring, and kept them in his bag. When he got off the bus that day, his backpack got unzipped. Someone stole the jewellery from it. </p>.<p>Police swung into action and nabbed Giri. With his arrest, police said they solved two cases of pickpocketing and house theft. </p>.<p>Police described Giri as an expert in stealing valuables by diverting the target's attention. He operated at crowded bus stations and escaped in a jiffy. </p>
