This story is from January 16, 2022
CCTV
camera surveillance on harbour line platforms has helped Vashi GRP in arresting a robber, who is a history-sheeter, as he was captured by the CCTV cameras installed atSeawoods
platform after he snatched away the mobile of commuter travelling in the luggage compartment of CSMT-Panvel train, and jumped from the moving train and escaped. The incident had occurred on January 7 around 10.30 pm. The victim Rahul Jadhav (31) residing in Kamothe had boarded the train’s luggage compartment at Sewri to get down at Mansarovar. Upon reaching Seawoods station, as the train departed, the robber who was also travelling in the luggage compartment snatched the man’s mobile from his shirt pocket, jumped on the platform and escaped.Vishnu Kesarkar
, senior inspector of Vashi GRP said, “From the images of the robber obtained from CCTV footage of Seawoods platform, we checked the details of history-sheeters. The robber’s image and body language confirmed that he was history-sheeterAkshay Manwar
(21), residing in Ulwe. He was released from jail about 10 days ago after serving 18 months in jail in a molestation case in which he was arrested by NRI coastal police. Our team reached his Ulwe residence but it was locked. We kept a vigil near his house for two days and apprehended him on January 10. We have recovered from him the mobile he had robbed from the commuter Rahul Jadhav. The accused Manwar even has a crime record of five house break-in’s at various police stations in Navi Mumbai. The railway court had remanded him in police custody till January 13 .
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