Thane police arrest dozen men in cases of godown break-ins

THANE: With the arrest of a dozen individuals, the Thane police on Thursday claimed to have solved no less than five circumstances of robbery at godowns in Shil-Daighar area.


Divisional Police Commissioner D S Swami said the arrested individuals belonged to 2 different gangs.

Several circumstances of break-in at godowns had been reported in Shil-Daighar area over the last two months, he said, adding that the culprits stole goods corresponding to xerox machines, metal sheets and bins of cereals.

A police group led by means of senior inspector Mangesh Sawant cracked these circumstances by means of arresting twelve individuals within the remaining two weeks, he said.

The police also seized stolen goods and two tempos worth a complete of over Rs 30 lakh and were on the look-out for two more accused, he said.

Of the arrested males, Amit Jethalal Darda, Maheshbhai Pragjibai Thakkar, Kush Keshavji Gada, Zulfikar Yusuf Shaikh, and Chandrakant Tokharji Chedda allegedly belonged to one gang.

Asif Iqubal Shaikh, Mitesh Anakaprasad Rajbhar, Mohammad Amin Sikandar Shaikh, Prakash Dharmaraj Chowdhary, Vinodkumar Chedilal Jaiswal, Suraj Jabbar Kevat and Shabaan Ali Akhtar Ali Khan were members of any other gang, Swami said.

Maheshbhai Thakkar and Shabaan Ali Akhtar Ali Khan were "receivers" who allegedly disposed of stolen goods.

Both the gangs first did recce of the godowns to be focused after which went to the spot at night in tempos and broke in.

Some of the arrested males were also concerned about robbery of oil from tankers, Swami said, adding that further probe was once on.