At a time when it's difficult to enter railway stations without valid passes, a 26-year-old youth managed to dodge the cops and snatch cell phones from passengers at Kurla and Wadala TT stations on four consecutive days last month. However, this got the Wadala GRP officers on their toes and they arrested accused Sajid Shaikh, a resident of Balyani village in Titwala, on Saturday.

As part of his modus operandi, Shaikh would reach near Kurla station on his bike, park it at Kasaiwada area and sneak into the station premises. Speaking to mid-day, senior inspector of Wadala GRP, Rajendra Pal, said, "Shaikh would target women on the platform or inside a train when there were not many people. He would enter the station early in the morning so that he could easily snatch mobile phones or chains and escape from the spot."