The Kasturba Marg police have registered their first FIR under the new laws and have become the city’s first police station to arrest an accused under these provisions. They have apprehended a gang involved in stealing mobile phones from buses. According to police sources, complainant Rohit Ramakant Girkar reported that while travelling from Kandivli East to Borivli Station East in a BEST bus, his OnePlus mobile phone was stolen at around 6 pm on Monday. He provided descriptions of suspicious individuals to the police.

Under the guidance of DCP Smita Patil and ACP Kishore Gaike, the crime investigation team was dispatched to nearby bus stops. At the Ghanshyam Tower bus stop, four individuals matching the description were spotted. Upon approaching them, the two suspects attempted to flee but were swiftly apprehended. Interrogation revealed the stolen mobile phone and six other phones. Owners of two phones were traced; they were stolen from Borivli bus stop on July 1,” said an officer from Kasturba Marg police station.