Duo from Bengal in search for job in Mumbai, steal NRI's bag in Borivli; held

The Borivli Government Railway Police GRP arrested two thieves who had allegedly stolen NRIs bag from Borivli railway stationrsquos waiting room and escaped to West Bengal the police saidThe arrested accused were identified as Mohammad Arshad Azad and Mohammad Islam Idrisi the police saidThe GRP officials arrested the duo from West Bengal with the help of CCTV and recovered the stolen bag on Sunday an official saidDuring the interrogation the police learnt that the duo are a native of West Bengal and had come to Mumbai in the search of a job about a month ago But they did not find any permanent job They worked as laborers for a couple of weeks in the city but their employer had not paid them any salary sources saidBoth of them wanted to return back to their native place but they were unhappy with going empty handed They decided to steal something and when they were at Borivli railway station they saw the complainant who was sitting in the waiting room and decided to take his bag said an officer from Borivli GRPThe complainant Balgovind Sharma 60 who lives in America and is an NRI He had come to India after around 30 years to meet friends from IIT Bombay in Powai sources addedAlso Read Mumbai Lift trolley crashes in Worli building two deadHe reached Borivli railway station in a train from Ahmedabad on January 6 at around 730 am His friends had decided to meet around afternoon so he decided to wait in the station waiting room Tired of the journey he fell asleep while sitting and woke up from sleep at around 9 am He then tried to call his friend on his mobile phone but due to a network problem in the waiting room he came out of the waiting room to make a call When he went back he saw the bag missing He rushed to the GRP office and registered a complaint said an officialUnder the supervision of Senior Inspector Anil Kadam a team was formed to detect the caseldquoWe checked the CCTV footage of the waiting room as well as on the platform and traced the accused using technical analysis They were nabbed from West Bengal and the team also managed to recover the stolen bag the official addedThe bag contained valuables worth about Rs 55 thousand including a laptop mobile phone passport house keys and some clothes The duo were booked for theft and were produced before the court on Monday They were remanded to police custody said another officer