Dattu Ramdas Pawar was last arrested for theft, in 2015

A robber's deaf-mute act, that saw him escape the police danda for years, was exposed by the Government Railway Police (GRP) in Thane on Thursday. Dattu Ramdas Pawar, 31, from Diva, is a seasoned robber and targets train commuters while posing as a passenger. On Thursday, following complaints registered with them, the GRP, who was on the lookout for Pawar, caught him as he was climbing into a train.