Three accused arrested for thefts of Mobile phones Wallets in BEST buses crowded places
Three accused arrested for thefts of Mobile phones Wallets in BEST buses crowded places
In coming down heavily and cracking down on mobile thefts Mumbai Police Personnel dressed as civilians wait at bus stop to nab the thieves. This came after they received a tip-off that a person has been travelling in BEST buses and stealing mobile phones and wallets of commuters.
They succeeding in arresting the thief for allegedly stealing people’s wallets and mobile phones. The policemen located his residencein Kalyan where he was living under a false identity. The police during their interrogation gathered from the accused names of two more people committing similar crimes in the city.
After receiving the information from the accused, the police personnel stationed themselves for two days at Rani Laxmibai chowk, Sion disguised as civilians and set up a trap for the two accused.
The police knew the facial features of the accused persons and were on a lookout for them.
They spotted two persons with similar facial features and their behaviour looked suspicious. They then stopped them and began questioning them which made them nervous and they started fumbling. This confirmed that they were hiding something so the police took them in for questioning after which they confessed to stealing mobile phones and wallets of passengers travelling in crowded buses.
They admitted to having committed this crime in several crowded buses all over the city including Dadar, Worli, Santacruz, Juhu, and Andheri among others. The police recovered five expensive mobile phones from the accused as of now.
A case under the Indian Penal Code (IPC) section 379 (theft) has been registered against the three accused.
News Input K.V.Raman
