Andheri duo steals card, cops ‘contact’ them at Dadar store

MUMBAI: Two thieves thought they were lucky when they found a contactless card in a commuter’s wallet they had stolen at Dadar station.
They went to a store outside the station to shop with the card but details of their transaction were relayed to the commuter via a text alert from the bank, and he rushed to police to get them caught. Police said Andheri residents Nikhil Pandey (28) and Sonu Yadav (22) had stolen wallets from two commuters, and they are verifying if the duo has a criminal history.
On January 11, Badlapur resident Kiran Chavan was on the FOB at Dadar when his wallet was stolen from his backpack around 5pm. Between 5.50pm and 6.05pm, Shivaji Mundhe from Borivli was on the FOB when his wallet was stolen from his backpack. Later, Mundhe got a text message on the transaction of Rs 4,858. He found that his wallet was missing and informed police on the platform.
“The transaction alert gave the location where the card had been used. Our team went to the store and picked up Pandey and Yadav soon after they had shopped,” said detection officer Manoj Bhagat.