India, Oct. 22 -- The Mangaluru City Police on Wednesday arrested two people on charges of stealing ?20 lakh worth of jewellery and cash from three flats in an apartment at Lalbagh within 20 hours of the crime being reported.

The police identified the accused as Abhijit Das, 24, from Panchagori in Assam's Cachar district, and Deba Das, 21, from Meherpur in the same district. The accused had allegedly sneaked into the flats between October 19 and 20.

They took away the jewellery, Rs 5,000 in cash, 3,000 Dirhams, and a mobile phone.

Urva police registered a complaint by one Riyaz Rashid under offences of lurking house trespass and house theft on October 20.

Senior police officials as well as fingerprint experts and a dog squad visited t...