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Mumbai: 32-year-old limping thief caught after months-long train robbery spree
Updated On: 04 March, 2025 09:38 AM IST | Mumbai | Aishwarya Iyer
Notorious robber used slow movements as cover to steal from women on express trains; two jewellers from Zaveri Bazar also arrested
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Mahesh Arun Ghag and the two jewellers arrested by the railway police
A trio involved in thefts targeting women on express trains since November has been arrested by the Government Railway Police (GRP). The prime accused, Mahesh Arun Ghag, 32, who walks with a limp, would steal purses, gold, and mobile phones before slipping away unnoticed. His accomplices, Tanaji Shivaji Mane, 45, and Nitin Kishan Yele, 44, jewellers from Zaveri Bazar, bought the stolen gold. A total of 108 grams of gold were recovered from them, worth over Rs 8.64 lakh.
Explaining the modus operandi, Senior Inspector Vijay Khedkar of the Crime Branch said, “The suspect would walk slowly inside express trains at night, steal valuables at an unhurried pace, and then get down at Kalyan railway station in the same manner. The other two accused, gold jewellery dealers from Zaveri Bazar in south Mumbai, would buy the stolen gold jewellery from Mahesh.”
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