Mumbai's Malad police has arrested a clever thief who used to disguise himself as a woman to commit theft. The accused would do a recce of the area during the day and would escape after committing the thefts in the dark of the night. This accused, who has been caught by the police, has so far committed several thefts in Malad, Kandivali, Borivali and Dindoshi areas of Mumbai.
In this strange method of theft, the accused used to target residential areas especially around railway stations. After committing the crime, he would go to the railway track and change his clothes and then wear a burqa or salwar-suit and mix with the crowd, so that he could escape the eyes of the police and CCTV cameras.
The accused was seen in the disguise of a woman in the CCTV footage
The police have identified the accused as ranjeet Kumar alias Munna, who is a resident of Khagaria district of Bihar. The police recovered 36 tolas of gold and diamond jewellery, 1 kg silver, bank FD worth Rs 13 lakh, tools used in the theft and a gold melting machine from him. The total value of the seized items is estimated to be around Rs 41 lakh.
Not only this, the accused had given Rs 10 lakh to buy land in bihar and Rs 6 lakh in cash to buy a house in Malavani from the stolen money, which has been seized by the police. Malad police was searching for the accused since March. The police searched the footage of more than 100 CCTV cameras installed near the railway track, in which the accused was seen in the guise of a woman. Finally, Malad police arrested the accused in Malavani area. After his arrest, 8 theft cases have been revealed so far.
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