The accused identified as Madan Shankar Wadkar was arrested yesterday for stealing elastic rail clips (ERC), liners, joggle fish plates and C-clamps from a railway track in Konkan Railway jurisdiction, they said.
Meanwhile, two incidents of theft were reported in January this year.
"Both the incidents occurred in a period of fortnight in January, between Adavali and Vilavade stations in Ratnagiri region. A total of 210 ERC, 139 liners, two joggle fish plates and 2 C-Clamps were stolen," the Kokan Railway police said in a release here.