A 26-year-old commuter was assaulted and robbed right in the middle of a busy railway station at Khandeswar on the Harbour line on Wednesday. He was dragged away by four people before he could board the train and his gold chain and Rs 30,000 in cash stolen.

The brazen incident was fortunately caught on CCTV, based on which the Panvel GRP arrested three accused, identified as Shrikant Kerappa Janar, 23, Nilesh Shinde,22, Parshuram Unale, 25. The fourth accused is on the run. The gold chain was recovered from Janar.