The Government Railway Police (GRP) has caught hold of seven of the 16 accused that it had listed a month ago for being involved in mobile snatching, selling and buying rackets. The list made by the Western Railway wing of GRP has 16 names on it and a special team of 10 to 15 people under the guidance of GRP DCP Purshottam Karad has been tracing them, a police officer involved in the hunt said.

The gang is reportedly active between Churchgate and Palghar and the seven arrested accused are being tried under section 401 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). They have been identified as Abdul Wahid Mansuri, Shakil Khalil Shaikh, Deva Bhalerao, Khatif Shaikh, Ahmad Patel alias Babbu, Siddhesh Kakad, Imran Ali Sayyad alias Gudiya. Hunt for the rest is on.