State Home Minister Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan confirmed that Bunty is in the custody of the Kerala Police. &quot;It was through a joint operation by the Kerala and Maharashtra Police that Bunty was nabbed from a hotel in Pune early Sunday,&quot; said Radhakrishnan. &quot;All legal procedures are being done,&quot; added Radhakrishnan. <img alt="Bunty Chor" src="http://images.mid-day.com/2011/mar/bunty.jpg" style="width: 400px; height: 345px;" /> Bunty Chor. File pic Devinder Singh, alias Bunty Chor, reportedly broke into a high security house of Gulf NRI businessman Venugopalan Nair Jan 21. &#39;Bunty&#39; allegedly deactivated electronic surveillance devices and drove off with a sports utility vehicle (SUV) worth Rs.28 lakh, a laptop and two mobile phones from Nair&#39;s house. &#39;Bunty&#39; was spotted speeding on the SUV on the Tamil Nadu-Karnataka border Wednesday afternoon by three motorists from Kerala. Media reports said that Kerala Police informed their Karnataka counterparts who intercepted an SUV, allegedly driven by &#39;Bunty&#39;, while its occupants were seeking directions for Bangalore. According to the reports, &#39;Bunty&#39; was allegedly nabbed by Karnataka Police after he initially managed to escape after attacking three policemen. Karnataka Joint Commissioner of Police Pranab Mohanty Thursday confirmed to the media here that &#39;Bunty&#39; had not been arrested. Reacting to the news of Bunty&#39;s arrest, Nair said that he is awaiting to meet the &quot;all-India thief&quot;. A Bollywood movie, &#39;Oye Lucky, Lucky Oye&#39; starring Abhay Deol, was made in 2008 on the life of &#39;Bunty&#39;. After serving a prison sentence, &#39;Bunty&#39; was a contestant in &#39;Bigg Boss Season 4&#39; in 2010. u00a0

'Bunty Chor', who was involved in over 500 burglaries across the country, has been nabbed by Kerala Police from a hotel in Pune early Sunday, within days of looting the house of a businessman here, a minister said

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