The Kashimira unit of the Crime Branch finally managed to catch a notorious chain snatcher, thanks to mid-day's January 2016 report on him. They caught Parshuram Deju Salian alias Annu last Friday and solved 18 chain-snatching cases in Mira Road and Bhayander. Cops also recovered jewellery worth Rs 13.5 lakh from him.

On January 20, 2016, mid-day reported in, 'The chain-snatcher who targeted only men at night, arrested,' about police nabbing Salian for around 12 cases of chain snatching. Over two years after his last arrest, the Kashimira unit of the Crime Branch was grappling with serial chain snatching incidents in Mira Road and Bhayander.