Mumbai: Two chain snatchers arrested

They targeted more people that day. After the Gujarat-based victim approached D B Marg police station, a case was registered and two teams were formed to trace the chain snatchers.

During the course of investigation, the police learnt that their bike had been parked on Grant Road and the teams, headed by sub-inspector Vinayak Bhilare and Sandesh Pawar, were deployed on the spot.

“The teams were asked to keep an eye on the bike as we were hopeful that one of the rider would come to take it. After waiting for five days, on January 10, Mohinuddin arrived at the spot to take the bike, following which a team got hold of him and he was arrested,” said an officer. The police team then made him call his accomplice and Atif was called near a fish market at Goldev area in south Mumbai.

“As Atif arrived, he was caught. He had tried to escape,” said an officer.

The two are wanted in several cases since 2015, after they got out of the Arthur Road prison. The duo has been booked under sections 392 (punishment for robbery) and 34 (acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention) of the Indian Penal Code. They were produced in Girgaon court and remanded in police custody.