Inspired by crime show, 3 men steal valuables worth Rs 12L from dentist's home

The Bandra police have arrested three persons for allegedly committing a burglary at a celebrity dentists residence at Bandstand last week The suspects were inspired by a famous crime show the police officials saidThe arrested accused have been identified as Indrajit Saini Surendra Chhetri and Shamal Gope Accused Surendra was caught at the IndoNepalTibet border while Gope was arrested from DarjeelingAccording to police sources the trio committed a burglary at celebrity dentist Sandesh Mayekars house in Bandra on 12 September and after committing the crime the trio divided the stolen property and left MumbaiDuring the investigation the police examined more than 500 CCTV footage after which they got information about Shamal On learning that he was in Darjeeling the police went there Shamal was arrested from Darjeeling with the help of the local policeAlso Read Mumbai 52yearold Borivli woman held for selling dope to schoolkidsHis inquiry revealed Chhetris name He was fleeing from Kolkata to Nepal He was ambushed and arrested at Jalpaiguri railway station on the TibetNepal borderIndrajits name came up during the interrogation of both of them After that the police team went to Santosh Nagar of Goregaon east and they caught IndrajitDuring further interrogation it has been revealed Saini Chhetri and Gope were working as caterers near Azad Maidan They were living in a rented hut in Santosh Nagar Goregaon east While living together most of the time they used to see the crime patrol serialsAs Indrajit worked as a caterer in the Bandra area he knew about the bungalows He asked Gope to steal two months ago On September 12 they did the burglary when the doctor went out for the dev darshan said an officer from the Bandra police stationGope entered the doctors house by jumping over the boundary wall and entering the house by opening the window from the backside of the house After stealing gold and valuables worth Rs 12 lakh they escaped to Santosh Nagar where they divided the stolen gold and valuablesAfter committing the burglary Gope and Chhetri caught the express train and went to a different place with the valuables in the fear that they could be caught by the policeWhen the incident of theft was reported to the Bandra police they registered a case against unknown persons and under the guidance of DCP Zone IX Manjunath Singe a team was formed Under the supervision of senior inspector Rajesh Deore police inspector Sagar Nikam Assistant Inspector Bajrang Jagtap and their staff began the investigation and they caught the accused an officer saidThe accused were produced before the court today and were remanded to police custody said another officerWho is Dr Sandesh MayekarDr Sandesh Mayekar is famous as a dentist who lives near Bandras Bandstand On September 12 he went for dev darshan His daughter was at home then At night his daughter went to sleep The next morning Mayekars mother saw the door of a room open The thief fled the house with gold silver jewelry and a watch worth Rs 12 lakh