Mumbai: Mangalsutra-snatcher stopped in his tracks

The young heroes narrowly escaped an approaching train as they chased and caught the thief on the railway tracks

Kalpana Ingle (50) walks towards Tilak Nagar station even as the accused, Saqirali Pasha (23) walks towards her. Desperate for money to celebrate Eid, he spots her mangalsutra and decides to grab the golden opportunity

As the thief flees with her chain, she yells for help and four youngsters give chase. The chain-snatcher runs towards the tracks and the youngsters follow behind him, narrowly escaping an approaching train

The youths catch up with the thief just as he starts climbing the wall beyond the tracks. Realising he has no way out, the accused flings the chain over the wall and tells his pursuers that he doesn’t have any mangalsutra

The young heroes catch on to Pasha’s lie and find the chain behind the wall. They take him to the Nehru Nagar police station, where all four — Anil Sable, Manish Das, Mohammad Irfan Shaikh, Manoj Kevat — are felicitated

All four youths (aged 19-25) and were honoured by the cops for their bravery

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