The accused studies at Fergusson College and was arrested on Sunday. The juvenile resides at a hostel in the city and hails from Ahmednagar district.

The Deccan Gymkhana police station had received several complaints of mobile thefts from the college students. “We received six complaints out of which five were from girl students.

The complainants in their statements stated that someone stole their mobile phones from their bags when they were busy writing their examination papers inside the classroom,” said Manohar Joshi, police inspector at Deccan Gymkhana police station.

He said that the incidents of theft took place between January 9 and 11 between 3 pm and 4.30 pm when the examination was ongoing inside the classroom.