Arrest of 5 chain-snatching gang members helps cops crack 13 cases

  • | Sunday | 15th October, 2023

Nashik: The city police arrested five criminals who committed 13 chain robberies in the city in 2022 and 2023. The police have also recovered gold of Rs 10.8 lakh from them and a bike used for committing different chain robberies. The chain robbers are identified as Sachin Pagar(31), Nilesh Shirsath(30), Akash Khairnar(24), Niranjan Pagar(37) and Mukund Mane(50), all residents of Nashik city. Of the 13 cases of chain robberies, five were committed in the jurisdiction of the Gangapur police station, two in the Sarkarwada and Adgaon police stations and one in the jurisdiction of Panchavati, Mhasrul, Satpur and Indiranagar police stations. A senior police official said that in July 2023, a man registered a complaint with the Gangapur police station that he was robbed of his gold chain by two bike-borne persons. During the course of the investigation, the police got information that the robber was at Hadapsar in Pune. The Gangapur police and crime branch unit 2 immediately formed a team and arrested Sachin Pagar of Satpur. Pagar then gave the name of other four criminals who were involved in the chain robberies.We also published the following articles recentlyPune: Two BBA students arrested for snatching senior citizens chainTwo BBA students in Pune have been arrested for snatching a 60-year-old mans gold chain worth Rs 89,000. The crime branch received a tip-off that the students were involved in the robbery and they confessed during questioning. The duo sold the chain for Rs 1.10 lakh and used the money to repay a loan. The police have recovered the bike used in the crime. Two other cases of chain snatching have been reported in the area.Ethirneechal: Gunasekaran is arrested and taken to the police stationGunasekaran is arrested after a video of him beating up a police inspector goes viral. Visalakshi accuses Iswari of not caring about her husbands disappearance. Jananis father refuses to talk to her and rejects her wedding invitation. Gunasekarans brothers rush to the judges house to find him. Jhansi Rani criticizes Jananis father for bringing a marriage magazine. Ethirneechal fans are confused by Gunasekarans sudden disappearance.Two men attack elderly woman in Tamil Nadus Tiruvallur, snatch gold chainA 75-year-old woman was attacked by two men in Melnallathur village, Tiruvallur district. The men snatched her three sovereign gold chain worth 1.2 lakh while she was disposing of garbage. They punched her and fled on a bike after the incident. The suspects managed to escape despite efforts by neighbors. The Tiruvallur Taluk police are searching for the men using CCTV camera footage.

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