The man plummeted 100 feet from the Andheri flyover and fractured his legs. He tried running again, only to be nabbed by cops

After giving beat marshals a run for their money this 30-year-old chain snatcher tempted fate by jumping off the Andheri flyover. Predictably, his dream run ended immediately, the fall fracturing both his legs.


Long arm of the law: With theu00a0 police on his trail, the chain snatcher
leapt off the Andheri flyover, hoping to evade capture. Cops from a
police van stationed nearby rushed to his aid, assuming that he had
attempted suicide.

At around 11 am yesterday, Mohammad Aziz Kasam Sheikh and an accomplice robbed a victim at Dindoshi in Goregaon. Beat marshals were on his trail immediately, and au00a0 chase ensued from Jogeshwari to the Andheri flyover. A frantic Sheikh soon abandoned his bike, sitting pillion on his accomplice's two-wheeler instead.u00a0
Realising that the cops were closing in, Sheikh decided to take a leap of faith. Cops watched in horror as he jumped off the Andheri flyover to escape handcuffs.


The Andheri police officials however, shouted from atop the flyover,
alerting them that he was a suspected thief. He was then apprehended.
Pics/Pradeep Dhivar

In spite of his crippled condition, the daredevil tried to rise and make a dash again. Cops swooped in and apprehended him, recovered three gold chains from his person, and rushed him to Cooper Hospital to fix his broken bones. Sohel, Sheikh's brother said, "I have no idea why he jumped from the flyover. We are thankful that even after falling from a height of 100 feet, he has escaped only with fractures on his legs."

A traffic constable said, "As soon as the thief leapt from the flyover, we called in a van. He was sent for medical treatment afterward." "After he receives treatment, we will take him to the police station, where a case has been registered against him," said Senior Police Inspector Vinayak Kakde of Dindoshi police station.

"He appeared to be a hardened criminal, quite reckless and fearless. We will arrest him under section 41(d) of The Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), which allows the police to arrest a suspected thief," he added.