Navi Mumbai police return seized property worth Rs 2 27 crore to rightful owners

Navi Mumbai: The police returned stolen property valued at Rs 2.27 crore to their rightful owners at a special programme at Panvel taluka police station and at a college premises in Nerul on Friday and Saturday, respectively. The returned property was seized in various crimes registered at Panvel City, Panvel taluka and Khandeshwar police stations under Panvel division and at Nerul, CBD-Belapur, NRI Coastal and Navi Mumbai Airport police stations under CBD division, reports George Mendonca.ACP (Panvel division) Bhausaheb Dhole informed that the returned property included 23 four-wheelers worth Rs 89 lakh, 42 mobile phones worth Rs 7.25 lakh, 580 grams of gold ornaments worth Rs 59.55 lakh and 8 two-wheelers worth Rs 1.84 lakh. The property was seized in the FIRs registered at three police stations in Panvel division from Jan to March. The 580 grams of gold ornaments recovered included two FIRs of chain snatchings by bike-riding robbers, one house break theft and one cheating case. The complainants appreciated the police department's prompt action and thanked the cops for recovering their stolen property.Gajanan Ghadge, senior inspector of Panvel taluka, said, "One woman complainant whose gold chain was snatched by a pillion bike rider said that she lost hope of getting back her robbed gold chain but turned emotional after it was recovered and returned to her, as the gold chain was gifted to her by her maternal grandfather."ACP (CBD division) Mayur Bhujbal said, "The property returned to the rightful owners was seized in 21 FIRs of theft and snatching registered at four police stations in CBD division from Jan onwards, apart from 38 property missing complaints. The recovered property included 274 grams of gold ornaments and 530 grams of silver, copper cables, a laptop, 11 two-wheelers, one auto rickshaw and 37 mobile phones collectively worth Rs 68.85 lakh. Apart from 21 FIRs, 37 complaints were of lost mobile phones and one complaint was of a gold chain lost at a bus stop in Nerul."