The Mahim police have arrested a 22-year-old man who allegedly damaged and vandalised around 18 graves and crosses at St Michael’s Church on Friday morning. The police traced the accused to his uncle's residence at Navi Mumbai. Police sources said he has been disturbed since his mother passed away a year back.

The accused was identified as Dawood Ibrahim Yakub Ansari, a resident of Kalamboli, who works with his father making cushions and mattresses, etc. The police said after Ansari's mother passed away he stopped believing in God. He hadn’t gone home for the past 4-5 days.