A 30-year-old burglar, who had managed to evade the cops for nine months, was caught red-handed recently by a patrolling team. What had made it tough for the Mumbai Police was that he would cover his entire body except his eyes to avoid getting identified through CCTV cameras, and take autos after the crime, changing them often.

Interestingly, the police said Ajit Arjun Pillai, who hails from Ahmedabad, has an MSc in Statistics. However, they are still trying to find if he had a job and why he took to crime. They said he has claimed he took to crime due to his family issues. He was arrested by a police patrolling team on August 19, while he was trying to break into a shop in Borivli.