Coimbatore: A 31-year-old man was arrested on Tuesday for stealing gold ornaments weighing 16 sovereigns from a house at AKG Nagar near Singanallur here on October 18.
The Singanallur (crime) police identified the accused as H Muthukrishnan, of Ramanujapuram in Thoothukudi district. He was a driver with a call taxi and a private motorcycle taxi.
A police officer said Muthukrishnan used to roam around the city to select houses for burglary.
On October 18, he entered the house at AKG Nagar through the back door using the original key, which the occupants had kept near a window. “He took away the gold ornaments that were kept in a wardrobe on the ground floor of the house. The occupants, 72-year-old Mani, a retired professor, and his wife, were asleep on the first floor,” the officer said.
The next day, when Mani came to know about the burglary, he informed the Singanallur (crime) police, who registered a case and arrested Muthukrishnan on Tuesday. Police have recovered the stolen gold ornaments from him.
The officer said three cases were already pending against Muthukrishnan at Peelamedu and Saravanampatti police stations in the city.