Mumbai Police arrest two men for robbing elderly woman of gold chain in Kandivali

Kandivali Police have arrested two men within 24 hours of registering a case involving the snatching of a gold chain worth around Rs 15 lakh from an elderly woman in MumbaiAccording to an official statement issued on Saturday the police said that the incident took place on Tuesday when the senior citizen was returning home after shopping According to the police the accused followed her into her residential building and snatched the gold chain from her neck while she was climbing the stairs to the second floor He then fled the spotFollowing her complaint Kandivali Police registered a case under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023CCTV footage helps police trace accusedA team from the police stations crime detection unit visited the spot and examined footage from around 70 to 80 government and private CCTV cameras along the routes allegedly taken by the accusedUsing CCTV footage and technical investigation the police traced and detained the alleged chain snatcher from Nalasopara within 24 hours of registering the caseThe accused have been identified as Ajay Jocky Perera 54 a resident of Dahisar WestDuring questioning he allegedly told investigators that he had melted the stolen chain with the help of his friend Dipankar Ghosh 36 and sold it The police subsequently traced Ghosh who lives in Nalasopara East in Palghar district with the help of technical inputs and an informerBoth men were subsequently arrestedOne accused has previous robbery caseThe police are currently making efforts to recover the stolen propertyThe operation was carried out under the guidance of senior police officials including Police Commissioner Deven Bharti Joint Commissioner of Police Law and Order Manojkumar Sharma Additional Commissioner of Police Shashi Kumar Meena and Deputy Commissioner of Police Sandeep GhugeThe investigation was led by Kandivali Senior Police Inspector Karan Sonkawade and Police Inspector Crime Shekhar Shinde along with SubInspectors Sandeep Gorde Nanaso Ghadge and Nilesh Patil and the crime detection squadFive arrested for robbing man of Rs 30000 on Samruddhi ExpresswayIn a separate incident police arrested five men for allegedly robbing a 55yearold man of Rs 30000 in cash and other valuables on the Samruddhi Expressway in Maharashtrarsquos Thane district officials saidThe incident took place on November 2 on the NagpurtoMumbai lane of the expressway in Kalyan taluka Additional Superintendent of Police Thane Rural Anmol Mittal shared details of the case at a press conference on Wednesday evening