Just a little under a month since mid-day reported about the spate of thefts at Saphale in Palghar, on Thursday, June 18, Dativare village was rocked by another such robbery. At 10 pm the Datiware Maritime Infra Ltd, a prawn farm in the village in the district, was burgled by a gang of thieves who immobilised the night watchman, and robbed the seafood.

Nachiket Patil, the farm owner, said, "A gang of about 16 people came in boats on the ponds in my farm, to rob the fish. They were armed with knives, sticks and sickles. They tied up the night watchman and immobilised him, making him sit in one place.