A 55-year-old taxi driver - Irfan Siddhiqui - ran out of breath and died while chasing a mobile thief for a distance of over 60 metres near Bhendi Bazaar area of south Mumbai on Sunday. The JJ Marg police nabbed the accused, a drug addict, from Pydhonie area on Wednesday. He has been remanded in police custody till December 5.

The accused has been identified as Mohammad Hamid Iqbal Shaikh, 36, who hired the taxi around 6 am on the day of the incident to reach Mutton Street on SVP Road, Bhendi Bazaar.