Thane crime: Man arrested for theft on train

A 24yearold man who had taken to committing thefts on longdistance trains to get money for playing online rummy has been arrested by Government Railway Police at Kalyan in the Thane district reported news agency PTIA senior citizen had lodged a complaint that her purse containing jewellery worth Rs 7 lakh was stolen while she was asleep while travelling by Siddheshwar Express from Solapur to Kalyan on December 6 the police said while sharing an update on the Thane crime reported PTIYogesh Nivas Chavan resident of Chakan Pune was arrested in the case on Sunday based on CCTV footage and other clues and the entire stolen jewellery was recovered police said reported PTIChavan allegedly told police that he spent all the illgotten money from thefts on longdistance trains playing online rummy gamesTwo held for housebreaking thefts in Thane Rs 2145 lakh copper pipes seizedPolice have arrested two persons in connection with several housebreaking thefts in Thane district of Maharashtra and seized from them stolen copper pipes valued at Rs 2145 lakh an official said on Tuesday reported PTIBased on a tip the police on Monday intercepted a tempo on a road between Bhiwandi and Kalyan and apprehended its two occupants senior police inspector Janardhan Sonawane said reported PTIDuring enquiry the police got to know that the duo along with two other persons had carried out housebreaking thefts at different places in Thane he saidThe police arrested the two persons aged 31 and 44 and hailing from Vijaypura in Karnataka and seized the stolen goods from their possession he said reported PTIWith the arrests the police have detected three housebreaking theft cases in Narpoli and two in Padgha police station limits the official saidThe search was on for the other accused the police addedRs 31000 items stolen from temple in ThaneUnidentified persons broke into a temple in Thane district of Maharashtra and allegedly stole silver items of Rs 31000 police said on WednesdayThe incident took place in the wee hours of Tuesday at the Khandoba temple located at Bhadwad in Bhiwandi area of the district they saidThe thieves allegedly stole the frame of a silver idol and other items an official from Shanti Nagar police station saidBased on a complaint by the temples caretaker the police on Tuesday registered an FIR against unidentified persons under section 305 theft in a dwelling house or means of transportation or place of worship etc of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita he saidWith inputs from PTI