History-sheeter held for chain snatching in Thane district

The police in Maharashtras Thane district have arrested a historysheeter involved in chainsnatching incidents and recovered stolen gold worth Rs 5 lakh from him an official said on Friday reported news agency PTIThe police zeroed in on the accused while probing into an incident in which a school teacher was robbed of her gold ornaments while on her way to work in Mumbra in the early hours of September 18 senior inspector Anil Shinde said reported PTIThe police identified the accused Imran Aleem Khan alias Toda 34 based on CCTV footage from the area he said reported PTIDuring interrogation he confessed to the crime and another chainsnatching case he was involved in was also detected the official saidThe police have recovered gold ornaments worth Rs 5 lakh from the accused he addedMan held for duping couple with CM Relief Fund loan railway job promisesIn another case a man was arrested for allegedly duping a couple after promising them a loan of Rs 10 lakh from the Chief Ministers Relief Fund and a railway job for their nephew a Mumbai police official said on Thursday reported PTIThe Marine Drive police station official identified the accused as Chemburresident Samir Prakash Chundmunge reported PTIChundmunge promised a couple that he would get them a Rs 10 lakh loan from the Chief Ministers Relief Fund He took Rs 50000 from them for this He also took Rs 832 lakh from the nephew of the complainant after promising him to get a ticket collectors job on the Vande Bharat express the official said reported PTIThe couple realised they were cheated after none of the promises materialised and Chundmunge refused to give back the money He was arrested for cheating criminal breach of trust and other offences A court remanded him in police custody till September 29 Further probe is underway the official informedRs 174 lakh brown sugar seized in Palghar autorickshaw driver heldMeanwhile police have arrested a 24yearold autorickshaw driver after seizing brown sugar valued at Rs 174 lakh from his possession in Maharashtras Palghar district officials said on Thursday reported PTIThe man was found loitering on Tuesday near Capital Mall on the east side of Nalasopara Railway StationDuring the search 5604 gm of brown sugar was recovered from the accused identified as Samsad Jamshed Ali hailing from Uttarakhand and residing in the Nalasopara area the Achole police said reported PTIThe police later carried out a search of his residence which resulted in the recovery of an additional 28 gm of the contraband they saidA case has been registered against the accused under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances NDPS Act the police addedWith inputs from PTI