After a month of investigating, the Ulhasnagar, Bhiwandi and Kongaon police have arrested 10 members of the 'chaddar gang,' which has looted several shopkeepers. More than five teams of the police were in search of the gang that operated in Ulhasnagar, Bhiwandi and Kalyan, and the 10 accused were arrested with the help of CCTV footage. The gang was given the name due to the use of chaddars (bed-sheets) in their modus operandi.

Under the bed-sheet
According to police, the chaddar gang, most of whose arrested members have come from Rajasthan, has become active during the winter season. A few of the gang members pretend to be beggars, sleep on the streets, and keep an eye on shops. After deciding on one, some gang members hook up a chaddar in front of it at night, and keep watch to alert associates. The associates, hidden behind the bed-sheet, break open the locks and steal the valuables. A police official said, "There are more than 10 members in the gang and we are looking for the others. We are yet to recover the valuables from them, so we cannot disclose their names. They are all from Rajasthan."