Six commuters on the Central Railway lost their cell phones to fatka gang members in 35 minutes — between 7.40 pm and 8.15 pm — on April 8. But thanks to the Local Crime Branch (LCB) of the Government Railway Police (GRP), all the phones were recovered after 13 days, on Sunday. Two youngsters were arrested by the LCB and they have confessed to their involvement in several other such cases.

Officials from the Kurla GRP said that on April 8, they received six back-to-back complaints of commuters being hit by fatka gang members, while they were travelling between Nahur and Mulund railway stations. The GRP formed a special team from the LCB while a parallel probe was initiated by the Kurla GRP. Based on intelligence and technological support, the two members of the fatka gang were arrested.