The Manikpur police have arrested a burglar who had been hiding in a posh bungalow in Vasai for the last four months. Police sources said the robber used to commit burglaries during the day and spend the night at the empty bungalow.

The accused  has been identified as Brijesh Yadav, 27. The Vasai police had picked him up during an investigation into a burglary case last week. During interrogation, he confessed to several other burglaries. The police said Yadav had a unique modus operandi. He would enter empty flats and bungalows through the exhaust fan openings. Yadav came to Mumbai from UP several years ago in search of work. When he could not find anything, he turned to crime.