Four persons have been arrested by the Kasturba Marg police in Borivli (East) in connection with a mobile theft incident. The arrested accused allegedly stole 62 mobile phones worth Rs 9.58 lakh from a mobile store in Borivli. From loss of jobs to getting married and to loan debts, all four accused gave explanations to the investigating cops on why they resorted to the robbery, said the police. The cops also recovered the stolen mobile phones from the accused.

The accused identified as Umeshchand Kanojia (26), whose marriage was fixed on May 19 was working as a salesman in a mobile shop. Another accused, Yogesh Kanojia (26) was jobless, while Rampal Gupta (27), the third accused, an advocate and legal adviser in a nationalised bank, had taken a loan and was unable to repay it. The fourth accused identified as Abhishek Pal, was the employee of the mobile shop at Carter road in Borivli (East), where the burglary incident took place.