Overview

• LT Marg police detained 24-year-old Kapil Brijmohan Soni in Jodhpur and brought him to Mumbai on transit remand.
• Officers recovered about three kilograms of silver, including a silver shivling worth nearly Rs 3 lakh, stolen from a Mangaldas Market temple.
• Police say the stolen items were retrieved after the accused had buried them.
• During interrogation, Soni confessed to multiple offences, helping crack about half a dozen cases, including thefts in 2024 at Bhuleshwar and in January 2025 at Pydhonie.
• Authorities describe a pattern of posing as a devotee and traveling from Jodhpur to steal, with CCTV and CDR analysis now guiding checks with stations in VP Road, Juhu, Andheri, DN Nagar, and Bhoiwada.