A gang of three chain-snatchers must have thought that a new modus operandi would help them escape the eyes of the police. Unfortunately for them, their attempts failed miserably, with one of them even getting arrested on June 8. On receiving complaints of three similar incidents, in which a trio travelling in an auto-rickshaw snatched gold chains from morning walkers, the Nehru Nagar cops traced one of the accused to Naupada and also recovered the vehicle used in the crime. The main accused and one of his associates are still at large.

According to the police, on May 31 a woman from Chembur filed a complaint at the local police station that an auto-driver snatched her 10-gm gold chain while she was out for a morning walk in the wee hours. On June 1, two similar cases were reported from Nehru Nagar in which 20-gm and 5-gm gold chains were snatched. As the modus operandi and the timing of the incidents were similar, the cops suspected a single gang to be committing the crime.