Overview
- The burglary occurred on the night of December 29–30 at Singh’s Lokhandwala, Andheri (West) bungalow, with entry through a bathroom window and the household safe taken.
- A Mumbai Police team used technical and location-based inputs and conducted two days of surveillance to track the suspect to a Palghar locality.
- Police identified the accused as 40-year-old Manoj Mohan Rathod, a resident of Palghar district with a criminal history.
- During interrogation, the suspect disclosed that part of the jewellery was with a jeweller and the rest at his residence, leading to the Rs 1.37 crore recovery.
- The case was registered following a complaint by the actor’s 82-year-old mother, and investigators are examining his role in other reported thefts.