Days before curtains go up on the spring/summer Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week in Delhi, cops here have sprung an obstacle for fashion designer Rohit Verma. For the past two months, all Verma has done is wait for his designer wear -- stolen, later recovered -- to be released from police custody, so that he can spruce them up for the ramp.

Spangle in his works: Rohit Verma, seen here at his Santacruz store, says his visits to the Santacruz police station have been fruitless