India, April 18 -- Police said on Thursday they arrested a 31-year-old engineer-turned-thief from Pune, who-frustrated with an exorbitant bill for his Covid-19 treatment in 2021-decided to take revenge by stealing expensive equipment from hospitals in Pune, Mumbai and Delhi.

Despite repeated pleas for a concession on his bill of Rs.20-25 lakh, denials left him accruing debt for the treatment, police said. They said the accused, Vikas Hagawane, stole laptops, iPads, iPods, mobiles, jewellery and other valuable items from national and global multispecialty hospitals, and was traced during one such theft at the oncology department of Apollo Hospital in Sarita Vihar on April 10.

Police said they analysed footage from over 400 CCTV cameras t...