In a day, 3 ‘fatka’ gang attacks on harbour line

Mumbai: Three back-to-back incidents of

commuters

being looted by ‘

fatka

’

thieves

were reported on harbour line on Monday. GRP lodged three FIRs and are hunting for the culprits. ‘Fatka’ thieves perch themselves on railway poles and whack commuters standing on the footboard of locals, knocking down their valuables. Luckily, no commuter was hurt on Monday. Crimes on railways started picking up despite non-essential travellers boarding restrictively.

Mankhurd

resident Sanjay Maurya (26) was near the door of a local around 7.40pm, and after the train crossed Tilak Nagar station, someone on a pole whacked him on his arm. Maurya dropped his phone in pain. Five minutes later, another Mankhurd resident, Dinesh Aldar (19), was whacked on his hand too. Aldar dropped his phone and he too could not see the thief’s face. Someone on a pole snatched Laxman Surnar’s (36) phone around 9pm.

All three approached Wadala GRP post the next day. “We are scanning

CCTV footage

,” an officer said. tnn