The incident came to light after a video clip of the pickpockets flicking wallets and mobile phones from people who were attending the funeral procession went viral on social media.
The man, Hussain Khan, 46, was nabbed by the Rachakonda Central Crime Station police, who said he targeted women at toddy compounds, lured them offering money for sexual activity and then decamped with their valuables.
The convicted person G Mahesh (23) from Hanuman Nagar in Nagole was arrested in March 2019 after which he was detained under the Preventive Detention Act at the Central Prison in Cherlapally