A 24-year-old man allegedly involved in as many as 42 gold chain theft cases in Mumbai, Navi Mumbai and Thane was arrested by the Dindoshi Police while investigating a recent chain snatching case under their jurisdiction, the police said on Friday.

According to the police, On July 19, the Dindoshi Police had registered a case of robbery after a 10 gram gold chain of a passerby was snatched by two people on a bike. While investigating the case, the officials recovered CCTV footage that had captured the accused near Dindoshi court and later at Powai. Further investigations led to the identification of one of the accused, a resident of Ghatkopar area, he was identified as Faizalali Shaikh, 24. Shaikh was later arrested by the police.