The Dattawadi police station officials busted a gang of five youths, allegedly involved in more than 20 offences of chain snatchings in the city. A total of 532 grams of gold was recovered from the accused.

In the bag: Dattawadi police station officials show the gold jewellery they recovered from the accused; (below) Nikhil Jaiswal, Ajay Makar and Sunil Sinh have been held

They were identified as Nikhil Kamlesh Jaiswal (21) from Shivshankar society on Sinhagad Road, Ajay Bajirao Makar (21) from Dhayari, Sunil Shriharilal Sinh (20) from Tulshibaug, Ganesh Ramling Kapse (19) from Indiranagar, and Sonu Kamlakar Pandit alias Nilesh from Wadgaon Budruk. While Jaiswal, Makar and Sinh are in police custody, Kapse and Pandit were given judicial custody.