Cuffe Parade police have arrested a 28-year-old man who had succeeded on several occasions to pinch valuables from the Manora MLA Hostel. According to cops, the accused, who is a resident of Jalgaon, used to gain entry into the premises by bandying about the name of one MLA or the other.

He would then look around for any rooms that had been left unlocked by the occupants, and flee with mobiles, laptops or cash that he found lying around. “We have recovered a mobile phone and five memory cards from the accused Nilesh Karnavat,” said Janardhan Kharat, senior inspector of Cuffe Parade police station.