A Fatka gang member came up against a very determined constable on Thursday, who risked his life to chase the man over 500 metres along the busy railway tracks, before hauling him to the police station. GRP Constable Constable Sayalu Irlawar, 32, had been itching to get his hands on Imran Shaikh, 24, since Monday, when he had badly hit two women travelling on trains for their phones.

The accused Imran Shaikh alias Immo, 24, is a resident of Antop Hill, and had hit the women from an electricity supply pole that he was perched on, to snatch their cell phones. His first victim was 21-year-old Subhangi Suresh Vangule, who was travelling in a local train between CSMT and Bandra. "When the train reached between Sewri and Cotton Green around 7:30 pm, Vangule was hit by someone, and lost her grip on her cell," said an officer attached to the Government Railway Police (GRP), Wadala.