The Mumbai police have arrested a mobile phone thief for allegedly demanding money from victims on his digital payments account, an officer said on Monday. The accused, Wasim Qureshi, is a history-sheeter, said the officer. He recently stole four mobile phones of his co-workers at a bakery in Kurla on the first day of his job, he added.

Later, one of the co-workers managed to get Qureshi’s phone number and contacted him. Qureshi told the victim that he would return the mobile phones once they transferred money to his digital payments account.