Mira Bhayandar: Less than 24 hours after two bike-borne men snatched the gold chain of a 53-year-old woman in Virar, the Mira Bhayandar-Vasai Virar (MBVV) police arrested the duo who turned out to be serial offenders. Notably, the crime detection unit tracked down the culprits after thoroughly scrutinising footage captured by nearly 85 closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras installed at the crime scene and possible getaway routes.
About The Incident
The woman who was on a morning walk was not only robbed but also pushed to the ground and assaulted by the duo before decamping with her chain worth more than Rs 80,000 at around 5:30 am on Friday. After receiving the complaint, a team led by senior police inspector Vijay Pawar scanned the CCTV cameras and apprehended the duo identified as Shankar Halya Diva (37) and Rajesh Santosh Wagh (21) from the Katkari Pada area in Virar (east). Both have confessed to their crime.
Investigations revealed their involvement in multiple cases of chain snatching in the region. The police team recovered the stolen chain from the possession of the duo who have been booked under sections 309(6) for committing robbery and voluntarily causing hurt, 352 (intentional insult and breach of public peace of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita (BNS). Further investigations were underway.
