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GRP busts chain-snatching gangs, two arrested
Updated On: 05 October, 2023 07:52 AM IST | Mumbai | Agencies
Members of both gangs hail from West Bengal; chains worth Rs 5.19 lakh recovered
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The Government Railway Police (GRP) have busted two gangs hailing from West Bengal involved in chain snatchings on local trains in Mumbai and arrested eight people, a police officer said on Wednesday. The police recovered gold chains worth Rs 5.19 lakh from the members of the gangs. The gangs used to operate in groups of four, the officer said. “After identifying their victim, they used to pick up quarrels with them on some pretext or the other while the victims were boarding a train. In the ensuing pandemonium, one member used to snatch the chain of the victims,” he added.
An FIR was lodged by a passenger at the Wadala GRP stating that four people robbed his chain worth Rs 80,000 when he was boarding a train at Kurla station. The GRP official said the police scanned CCTV footage and nabbed four accused with the help of technical evidence from the Tilak Nagar locality. Their interrogation revealed that one more gang is active in Mumbai which also targets commuters on the suburban railway network, he said, adding that police tracked down four members of the second gang and arrested them.
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