Four held for stealing mobile phones at a Pune musical concert

Police have arrested four persons reportedly involved in the theft of multiple mobile phones during a musical concert in Pune Maharashtra and recovered 14 gadgets from them an official said on Monday PTI reportedOver 36 mobile phones valued at Rs 487 lakh were stolen during the musical event held in Punes Kharadi area on October 18 he said to PTIA 20year old man approached the Chandan Nagar policeThe music concert was organised at a ground in the Kharadi area on October 18 We received multiple complaints of mobile theft at the event We registered the complaints and found a gang behind the theft Acting on a tipoff and technical evidence we managed to recover 14 mobile phones from the possession of the accused a senior official from Chandan Nagar police station said to PTIA police team apprehended the four persons two each from Hyderabad and Mumbai We are conducting further probe into the matter as prima facie a big gang may be running this kind of theft operation the official added32 thefts reported during Lalbaugcha Raja visarjan processionLast month during the immersion procession of Lalbaugcha Raja police registered 32 cases against unidentified people for stealing mobile phones jewellery other valuables and wallets in central Mumbai an officer saidPolice tactically deployed personnel en route to the Lalbaugcha Rajarsquos procession he said ldquoAs devotees were busy bidding farewell to Lord Ganesh thieves stole mobile phones gold ornaments gadgets bags purses and walletsrdquo the officer saidHe said that several people had approached Kalachowkie police station to lodge complaints of theft including valuables and cashldquoThere were 32 complaints lodged at the police station on a single dayrdquo he added Police suspect the involvement of an organised gang of thieves he saidIn another incident last month the police arrested two former employees of a private hospital and another person for allegedly stealing Rs 21 lakh cash from a doctors cabin at the medical facility in Maharashtras Thane district PTI reportedOn September 21 when the doctor went to his cabin in the hospital located at Kashigaons Vinay Nagar he found the room had been burgled and the cash stolen he saidUpon reviewing the CCTV footage it was found that an unidentified masked person had entered the cabin and stolen the money Kashigaon police stations senior inspector Rahulkumar Patil said in a release PTI citedA probe indicated that some known person might have committed the theft he saidThe police first arrested a 32yearold former employee of the hospital from his native place in Uttar Pradeshs Pratapgarh on September 24During his interrogation he revealed that the doctors former driver aged 28 hailing from Katihar in Bihar wore the mask and committed the theftThe driver and another 34yearold man from UP who was also involved in the crime were subsequently arrested reported PTIWith inputs from PTI