MADURAI: A man from Telangana was arrested by the Madurai police after being charged with stealing 102 sovereigns of gold jewellery. The accused identified as S Binidi Ramesh Babu is a resident of Jawahar Colony, Vidyanagar, Hyderabad.

He was remanded to judicial custody on Thursday night. Investigations revealed that Jitendar Jain, a jeweller, who belongs to Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh, bought those 102 sovereigns of gold jewellery from a shop in Mumbai and travelled to Madurai to sell it. He stayed in a lodge located along West Masi street. Much to his shock, the locked room, in which he stayed, was found broken open and jewells missing. He lodged a complaint with Thideer Nagar police, Madurai.

A special team led by Inspector of Police M Vasanthakumar, nabbed the accused Babu, who stayed in the same lodge. Babu is a habitual offender and is facing a host of theft cases relating to money in Hyderabad, sources said. CoP Madurai City, J Loganathan and DCP Madurai (South) A Pradeep lauded the efforts.