Mumbai pickpocket gang busted after robbing PM Modi’s special guard

Updated On: 20 November, 2021 08:02 AM IST | Mumbai | Samiullah Khan

SPG official was robbed while on the train to Prabhadevi; realised theft when he got notified on phone about withdrawal on his debit card

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The robbers had withdrawn money from the victim’s card within minutes of the theft

The Andheri Government Railway Police (GRP) arrested two members of a gang that robbed wallets of train commuters and then used the credit or debit cards to withdraw money from accounts even before the commuters realised that they had been robbed.

The gang was busted after a member of PM Narendra Modi's special protection group (SPG) was robbed and his debit cards stolen and used by the accused, identified as Raanu Virendra Pandey and Haider Shaikh, to withdraw money.