The police have finally put notorious chain snatcher Abbas Irani alias Abbas Khan behind the bars. The Thane Crime Branch caught up with him after a chase spread over seven months, during which he got married in January, went on honeymoon, and escaped from the law in April when a mob (of his relatives and neighbours) pelted stones at the police team that had arrived to catch him at his residence.

Thane DCP, Crime, Deepak Devraj said, "Our team had chasing him since the past few months and finally we received a tip-off that he was near Kurla. Our team laid a trap and arrested him there. He has two Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) cases against him. He had escaped after his marriage in Ambivli."