Try as they might, the Mumbai police just don't seem to be able to catch hold of wanted chain snatcher Abbas Irani alias Abbas Khan. After missing the chance to arrest him at his big, fat wedding and subsequent honeymoon in January, cops decided to have another go. But the latest attempt went awry in the worst way possible. On April 10, when 10 policemen from the Bandra police station entered Irani's Ambivli home, a mob of 21, including women, pelted them with stones and drove them out, critically injuring one cop. In the ensuing chaos, Irani found an opportunity to flee once again.

Arresting Irani has become a cursed mission for the cops. This was evident on Wednesday, when around 9:45 pm, a team of 10 cops from the Bandra police station went to his Ambivli residence to nab him. They managed to arrest him and bring him out of the house, but that's as far as they could go.