Thane, Mar 5 (PTI) A 16-year-old boy with several house-breaking theft (HBT) cases against his name in Uttar Pradesh was nabbed by police in Maharashtra's Thane district, an official said on Friday.

After a tip off was provided by Kanpur police in Uttar Pradesh, the teen was held from near a bus stop here on Thursday, Thane Crime Branch Unit I senior inspector Nitin Thackeray said.

He was first sent to the child protection home in Ulhasnagar and later sent to a remand home by the juvenile justice court in Bhiwandi, police said.

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