Summary:
The police said Aftab Sheikh on seeing no one in the pandal tried to open the donation box using a screwdriver. Mr.
Singh said, “I saw a young boy running with a donation box and being chased by a few people. The Antop Hill police arrested a 19-year-old youth after he was allegedly caught stealing a donation box from a Ganesh pandal set up by the Siddhivinayak Mitra Mandal in Sion Koliwada at 7 a.m.
on Friday. A sweeper who was cleaning the premises heard the noise Mr.
Sheikh made while trying to open the box and entered the pandal to investigate. When he came close to me, I caught him.”Police Inspector Nalini Shinde and Police Sub Inspector Santosh Patil, who were patrolling the area, took Mr.
Sheikh into custody..