Mira Road: On the run for more than three years, a notorious chain-snatcher was finally apprehended by the Mira Road police on Tuesday. According to the police, the accused identified as Rafique Shaikh (25) is said to be involved in a series of chain-snatching cases in the region. While his accomplice had been arrested by the Mira Road police in 2012, Rafique managed to give a slip to the police team and since then he had been playing hide and seek with the cops. Following a specific tip-off received by cops attached to the Naya Nagar police station about the fugitive’s hideout, police personnel laid a trap and arrested Rafique from Dahisar.
“As of now he was wanted in nine chain-snatching cases committed by him and his accomplice in our jurisdiction. However, since he was a free bird all these years, his involvement in more such cases in and around the region cannot be ruled out,” informed senior police inspector Jagdish Shinde. The accused has been remanded to police custody. Further investigations are on.