Karisma Kapoor

The Khar police on Monday evening arrested a carpenter in connection with a theft at actor Karisma Kapoor's Pali Hill residence earlier this month. The accused, identified as Imtiyaz Ansari, 34, has several cases registered against him and has confessed to committing 18 offences of similar nature in the recent past.'

Sources said, on July 8, Ansari had managed to enter the house of the actor while she was away and her maid was at home. Ansari had called on the landline of her residence and stated that he had been called for some carpentry job.

On gaining entry into the house, he managed to flee with a purse which had several ATM cards and some cash. The maid had then filed an FIR against him at Khar police station.