22 December,2025 11:39 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
The Sunburn Music Festival 2025 was held in Mumbai last week. Representational Pic/File
Mumbai Police on Monday said that it has busted an inter-state gang of mobile-phone snatchers active around the venue of Sunburn 2025 and recovered phone worth Rs 19.94 lakh from five suspects.
The Sunburn Music Festival 2025 was being held in Mumbai last week at Sewri near Atal Setu bridge.
Sunburn has reportedly come to Mumbai after 18 years, and while World's No 1 Hard DJ Sara Landry was the headliner for the first day, Grammy-Award winning artist and the World's No 1 DJ David Guetta also performed on the second day.
According to the police, considering the large crowds and risks of pickpocketing, mobile theft and women's safety issues, Mumbai Police had deployed special teams in the area.
On December 20, 2025, two complaints were registered at Sewri Police Station regarding mobile phones being forcibly stolen during the festival. Following this, two special police teams were formed to investigate the cases on priority.
The police said that during a patrol duty, the Crime Detection Team of the police noticed a suspicious man trying to flee. He was detained for interrogations and during his searches, in presence of witnesses, police recovered four mobile phones worth around Rs 2 lakh from him.
The suspect was later placed under arrest and identified as Udanappa Das Bhavi (26), a resident of Shivamogga in Karnataka.
Meanwhile, the special team, in another operation near K-Shed, Indira Nagar area in Sewri, intercepted a suspicious white vehicle bearing registration number of Uttar Pradesh. Four men were found inside the vehicle.
A search revealed 15 stolen mobile phones of various brands. Investigations revealed that the they were travelling in was allegedly being used for committing the crime.
The accused were identified as Shahbaz Bhole Khan alias Shalib (28), Mohitkumar Ramkumar Patel (26), Nikhil Eknath Yadav (19) and Maheshkumar Suneshwarlal Kumbhar (20).
All four were arrested.
"In total, five accused from an inter-state gang have been arrested, and stolen property worth Rs 19.94 lakh has been recovered. Further investigation is ongoing under the guidance of senior police officers," said a police official.
