22 July,2016 07:34 PM IST | | Santosh Wagh
30-minute drama, between Kurla and Ghatkopar, helps nab the thief — who used blades in his mouth to threaten people he stole from — and recover two cell phones
During her usual afternoon patrol at Ghatkopar station, Geetanjali Raskar, constable of the Locomotive Crime Branch, sees Ramesh Kailash Jodhankar moving suspiciously on platform number 2. Illustration/Uday Mohite
Ramesh notices that Geetanjali is suspiciously eyeing his movements. He stands on the platform as three trains go by. Then, when a fourth one comes along, he panics and rushes to board it. Geetanjali boards the same train as well.
Ramesh alights from the train at Kurla station and starts to walk fast. Geetanjali gets down there as well and follows him, even as Ramesh quickens his pace to go to the crowded platform number 1. Ramesh thinks he can escape in the crowds, but Geetanjali keeps a watch on him and sees him robbing a commuter's mobile phone.
Geetanjali runs and manages to nab him. Ramesh attempts to threaten her by removing a sharp blade from his mouth.
But, by this time, about three to four commuter gather at the spot. They help Geetanjali take Ramesh to the police station.
Geetanjali Raskar and Ramesh Jodhankar
Ramesh is taken to the Kurla RPF station, where two cell phones are recovered from him. One sharp blade is recovered from his hand and another from his mouth
Ramesh is handed over to the Kurla GRP, who arrest him. Ramesh, a resident of Jari Mari, would keep blades in his mouth and use them to threaten people when caught stealing cell phones. "Ramesh has been booked under Section 379 (theft) and is in police custody," said Inspector Santosh Dhanawate of the Kurla GRP.
