Mumbai: Switching on stolen mobile phone helps cops nab thief

A stolen phone switched on for a minute or two helped Mumbai Police to reach the person who had stolen it the police saidAccording to the police a 21yearold suspect had stolen three mobile phones and cash totaling worth of Rs 61000 from a house in December 2022 The Navghar Police arrested him from the Bhiwandi areaOn December 16 Satish Kharat a resident of MHADA Colony in Mulund east realized that somebody had sneaked into his home and stolen three mobile phones and cash 28000 He filed a complaint with the police which registered an FIR against unknown suspect FIR was registered under IPC sections 454 house breaking 457 house breaking at night 380 theft the Navghar Police saidSenior Inspector Sunil Kamble directed Police Inspector Uttam Rikame to carry out the investigations in the matter and a team led by Assistant Police Inspector Ajit Patil Police Sub Inspector Dadasaheb Danane Ganesh Sanap Santosh Dhadve Police Constables Vinayak Ambre and Jitendra More was formed The team started the investigation of the theft case and began to track the mobile phone locationsDuring the probe on the very next day of the theft the police found one of the mobile phones had been switched on which the tracked it down to Bhiwandi The team immediately rushed to the spot and questioned a suspectAlso Read Mumbai 20yearold man dies after being stuck in Vikhroli highrise liftldquoHe told us that he had met one of his friend who offered him a cell phone at a throwaway price But when he switched it on he did not find it to be a good phone and immediately switched it off He told the police that he gave it back to his friendrdquo said PSI SanapldquoWe got the details of his friend and started to hunt for himrdquo he addedAfter about 10 days of search the police nabbed the suspect who was identified as Mohsin Nizam Khan 21 a resident of Shanti Nagar in BhiwandildquoThe accused is unemployed and had stolen the phone and cash for his different addictions We have recovered a phone worth Rs 14000 and the recovery of the rest of the stolen property is going onrdquo said Sunil Kamble Senior Inspector of Navghar police station