India, Sept. 8 -- Five days after a golden 'kalash' (urn) was stolen during a religious ceremony at the Red Fort, the Delhi Police on Monday arrested the alleged thief in connection with the incident.

Special commissioner of police (crime) Devesh Srivastava said the accused, identified as Bhushan Verma, was arrested by a crime branch team from Hapur in neighbouring Uttar Pradesh.

The golden 'kalash' - studded with diamonds, rubies and emeralds and worth over Rs.1 crore - was allegedly stolen from outside the Red Fort where a religious festival of the Jain community was underway on Wednesday. Officers said that the suspect posed as a person from the community, according to the CCTV footage procured by the police.

The gold urn weighed ab...