India, Dec. 20 -- A 31-year-old man from Tamil Nadu has been arrested for allegedly stealing jewellery worth nearly Rs.1 crore from a parked car in Karol Bagh last month, police said on Friday.

The accused, identified as T Sarath Kumar, is a member of an interstate "thak-thak" gang that targets parked vehicles by smashing windows and stealing valuables left inside, deputy commissioner of police (crime branch) Sanjeev Yadav said.

The theft was reported on November 14 after jewellery trader Shubham Kotawala discovered that the window of his car, parked in Karol Bagh, had been broken and a bag containing 62 jewellery items stolen. Kotawala had stepped away briefly for work when the theft took place. An FIR was registered at Karol Bagh poli...