Mumbai

Mumbai: Unable to pay his medical bills, a man resorted to stealing money from people’s houses in. The police have arrested Salim Sheikh, 46, for looting as many as 22 hours in a row in Dadar area.Sheikh is suffering from lung cancer and had been unable to raise money for his treatment. When he couldn’t make ends meet in reality, he started the thefts in the area and used the looted money to for his medical bills.Even after close to two dozen thefts, the cops were unable to trace him in absence of any leads or proof. However, after his last theft in the Ardhayu industrial estate, Sheikh was captured in the CCTV footage. He stole Rs 11 lakh from the Ardhayu industrial estate.The police, then, used the CCTV footage to identify him. After connecting a few dots, the policemen obtained his Usmanabad residence and reached there to investigate.Sheikh’s wife, who stays in Usmanabad, revealed his whereabouts to the police, who then set-up a trap to nab Sheikh.After his arrest, Sheikh admitted to his crimes and revealed that his weak financial condition had forced him to rob houses to raise money for his cancer treatment.