Mysuru: Krishnaraja (KR) Police, who had taken a 29-year-old man into their custody after he was caught by the public when he was standing in a suspicious manner in front of a locked house on Uttaradi Mutt 1st Cross, has question the man.
During interrogation, the Police identified the man as Praveen alias Praveen Bhat of Vijayanagar in Bhadravati. The accused is said to have confessed of disguising himself as a devotee and frequent Raghavendraswamy Mutts at Shankarapura in Bengaluru, Kuvempunagar, Vidyaranyapuram, Krishnaraja and Jayalakshmipuram Police limits in Mysuru and steal gold ornaments, silver articles, cash and other valuables from the bags of devotees and priests.
