Railway Protection Force on Thursday arrested a 22-year-old pickpocketer in action with the help of CCTV surveillance. Police said that a thief was detected operating at Dadar station and recovered Samsung mobile phone from the accused.

The police noticed a suspicious activity of a thief, who was moving suspiciously near a passenger at the lounge area at around 2 AM through CCTV camera installed in Dadar station. The victim was sleeping while the accused was on the prowl. Assistant Sub Inspector Ratan Singh and on-duty CCTV monitoring staff SR Gohe, who were monitoring Dadar Railway station through CCTV camera, immediately directed constable Vijay Bhosale to keep a watchful eye on the suspect in the lounge area.