Mumbai Chain Snatcher

A 79-year-old Hindustani singer was attacked and robbed by two unidentified chain snatchers in Maharashtra's Thane district, police said on Monday.

A special team of 26 police personnel on Monday apprehended a chain snatcher with 30 cases to his name in Maharashtra's Thane district, police said.

In an operation similar to those seen in Bollywood movies, Mumbai police personnel donned outfits of Zomato delivery boys in order to arrest two chain-snatchers who had several chain snatching cases registered against them.

Personnel from VB Nagar police station in Mumbai donned the guise of an ATM security guard as well as a food app delivery man to arrest an elusive chain snatcher with several cases against his name, a senior official said on Wednesday.

A 25-year-old woman died at the Kurla railway station in the city when a man pushed her off the platform while trying to snatch her chain.

It was a scene straight out of a Bollywood thriller. Two youngsters helped a 65-year-old lady nab a chain snatcher after a 45-minute chase through narrow chawl lanes and thick bushes near Janakalyan Nagar of Malad.

If you think you're having a bad day, just pause to think of Anil Yadav. The 30-year-old may soon have to excrete out a 2.5-tola gold mangalsutra, with a large pendant, that he had stolen and then swallowed to avoid getting arrested.

Mumbai police chief Rakesh Maria's recent initiative may just end up making Mumbai a lot safer not just for women, but for all those walking along lonely streets after dark, who, till now were used to turning back every few seconds to see if thugs on a motorbike were closing in.

It doesn't get stranger than this. When Aryan Allimuddin Sheikh alias Aftab Salim Sheikh, a chain snatcher, called up Dipesh Mehta, actor Salman Khan's lawyer, demanding a sum of Rs 2 crore, he never imagined that he would not only be sweet talked into reducing the amount to Rs 2 lakh but also be promptly arrested by the cops.

On Wednesday, the Bangur Nagar police arrested the three accused for killing Khan. The main accused, identified as Alam Khan, an inveterate chain snatcher, was traced to Kolkata where he had fled to his relatives after he received a call from a Crime Branch constable calling him to the Branch's Unit 11 at Kandivli.

If you were under the impression that the busy cluster of temples in the heart of Matunga is frequented only by the pious and the devout, think again - statistics reveal that the suburb is now the favourite haunt of petty thieves. According to numbers obtained by MiD DAY, Matunga tops the list of localities plagued by chain snatchers, from among 93...

Chain snatchers and their ilk are in for a shock when they venture out in the streets to steal from unsuspecting revellers this Ganpati: large banners with their portraits on every wall, providing locals sundry details about all their past misdeeds.

The Malad police have arrested a 27-year-old chain snatcher who jumped parole after an earlier arrest. The accused tried to snatch a 42-year-old woman's gold chain, which later turned out to be artificial. The robber claimed that he had stolen the chain for money to return to his native place.

William Sebastian was head over heels in love with his girlfriend. He was dreaming of a happy marital life together, but the only hindrance was his unemployment. However, Sebastian was determined to marry her, so much so that when he could not find a steady job, he went ahead and joined a gang of chain snatchers to arrange for money.

In two separate incidents in Samta Nagar in Kandivli and Gokul Dham in Goregaon, two thieves swallowed the chains they fled with; while one was made to throw up the object, the other was given laxatives to pass it out.

A 79-year-old Hindustani singer was attacked and robbed by two unidentified chain snatchers in Maharashtra's Thane district, police said on Monday.

A special team of 26 police personnel on Monday apprehended a chain snatcher with 30 cases to his name in Maharashtra's Thane district, police said.

In an operation similar to those seen in Bollywood movies, Mumbai police personnel donned outfits of Zomato delivery boys in order to arrest two chain-snatchers who had several chain snatching cases registered against them.

Personnel from VB Nagar police station in Mumbai donned the guise of an ATM security guard as well as a food app delivery man to arrest an elusive chain snatcher with several cases against his name, a senior official said on Wednesday.

A 25-year-old woman died at the Kurla railway station in the city when a man pushed her off the platform while trying to snatch her chain.

It was a scene straight out of a Bollywood thriller. Two youngsters helped a 65-year-old lady nab a chain snatcher after a 45-minute chase through narrow chawl lanes and thick bushes near Janakalyan Nagar of Malad.

If you think you're having a bad day, just pause to think of Anil Yadav. The 30-year-old may soon have to excrete out a 2.5-tola gold mangalsutra, with a large pendant, that he had stolen and then swallowed to avoid getting arrested.

Mumbai police chief Rakesh Maria's recent initiative may just end up making Mumbai a lot safer not just for women, but for all those walking along lonely streets after dark, who, till now were used to turning back every few seconds to see if thugs on a motorbike were closing in.

It doesn't get stranger than this. When Aryan Allimuddin Sheikh alias Aftab Salim Sheikh, a chain snatcher, called up Dipesh Mehta, actor Salman Khan's lawyer, demanding a sum of Rs 2 crore, he never imagined that he would not only be sweet talked into reducing the amount to Rs 2 lakh but also be promptly arrested by the cops.

On Wednesday, the Bangur Nagar police arrested the three accused for killing Khan. The main accused, identified as Alam Khan, an inveterate chain snatcher, was traced to Kolkata where he had fled to his relatives after he received a call from a Crime Branch constable calling him to the Branch's Unit 11 at Kandivli.

If you were under the impression that the busy cluster of temples in the heart of Matunga is frequented only by the pious and the devout, think again - statistics reveal that the suburb is now the favourite haunt of petty thieves. According to numbers obtained by MiD DAY, Matunga tops the list of localities plagued by chain snatchers, from among 93...

Chain snatchers and their ilk are in for a shock when they venture out in the streets to steal from unsuspecting revellers this Ganpati: large banners with their portraits on every wall, providing locals sundry details about all their past misdeeds.

The Malad police have arrested a 27-year-old chain snatcher who jumped parole after an earlier arrest. The accused tried to snatch a 42-year-old woman's gold chain, which later turned out to be artificial. The robber claimed that he had stolen the chain for money to return to his native place.

William Sebastian was head over heels in love with his girlfriend. He was dreaming of a happy marital life together, but the only hindrance was his unemployment. However, Sebastian was determined to marry her, so much so that when he could not find a steady job, he went ahead and joined a gang of chain snatchers to arrange for money.

In two separate incidents in Samta Nagar in Kandivli and Gokul Dham in Goregaon, two thieves swallowed the chains they fled with; while one was made to throw up the object, the other was given laxatives to pass it out.