Thane: The Thane crime branch arrested three persons and detected several cases of chain snatching as well as motor bike theft and recovered a stolen goods worth Rs 8 lakh.The arrested accused are identified as Sunil Goyal alias Pappi (21), his accomplice, Prathamesh Dhamke alias Pillya and the kingpin of racket Sahejad Shah alias Sajjo all residents of Ambivali in Kalyan.Shivraj Patil, DCP (crime) said that Assistant inspector Rupali Pol earlier this month had arrested Pappi at Panchpakhadi area and had found a country made pistol and a bike.Upon questioning, the accused named Pillya as an accomplice and that the bike he had fetched was from Sajjo.Later, the police said that they had information that Pillya was in Jalgaon hence they laid a trap and arrested him. He named Sajjo as the kingpin in the racket. Subsequently, Sajjo was also arrested by the police. During the probe, it was found that Sajjo had committed a total of 35 criminal offences and in different parts of MMR region, Pune, etc. in which 17 such cases have been committed after coming out of jail since April 23. Patil added.The police said that the accused would adjust themselves after identifying the target on road and snatch the chain especially on the secluded spots and rob the bikes on road-side.Among the cases detected were chain snatching as well as motor vehicle theft, the police have recovered jewellery worth Rs 4.21 lakh and four bikes worth Rs 4.30 lakh. The official also said that the possibility of the accused being involved in similar cases in the jurisdiction of various other police commissionerates cannot be ruled out and further investigation is underway in the case. We also published the following articles recentlyTheft case filed, woman points out it is snatchingA 52-year-old woman reported that the police registered her phone snatching incident as theft instead of snatching. Senior police officials have assured disciplinary action against the officers responsible. The woman filed a complaint at the office of the deputy commissioner of police (south). The incident occurred in South Extension-1 when two boys on a bike snatched her phone while she was waiting for a cab. The woman expressed her frustration at the lack of appropriate action taken by the police.Odisha crime branch arrests 8 people in Rs 76 lakh insurance fraud caseThe Odisha Police crime branch arrested eight people, including a woman, for posing as executives of a private insurance company and duping a Bhubaneswar-based couple of Rs 76 lakh. The accused, belonging to Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, and Haryana, collected data of policy holders and ran a call centre at Molarband Extension. They contacted the victims and convinced them to upgrade their insurance policies for a higher maturity amount. The scammers obtained Rs 76 lakh from the victims and were arrested with recovered cash, jewelry, cards, mobile phones, and SIM cards.Delhi Police SI on way home hits bike into divider, diesA 57-year-old Delhi Police sub-inspector, Ashok Kumar, died in a bike accident in Raj Nagar Extension. He was returning home from a wedding in Ghaziabad when the accident occurred. The impact of the crash was so severe that his helmet broke into two. Another accident on the Hapur-Modinagar road resulted in the death of a 35-year-old biker named Robin Rana. The unknown vehicle that was trying to overtake him crashed into his bike, and the driver did not stop. An FIR has been registered against unknown persons for rash driving and causing death by negligence.

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