Arun Sasi (33), a native of Kottayam in Kerala, was nabbed yesterday by a special team which scrutinised CCTV footage from Express Avenue mall here, police said today.
Earlier, managers of a retail showroom and a watch store had filed complaints of dresses and expensive wristwatches going missing from their shops, police said.
The video footage revealed that the same person had broken into both shops following which a probe was launched, police said, adding, the IMEI numbers of the missing mobile phones were also traced, which led to the suspect.
Sasi was later remanded to custody.