The Government Railway Police of Vasai Road arrested five persons, including two juveniles for allegedly stealing mobile phones of commuters by attacking them with sticks while climbing on poles along the tracks. Suspected to be a part of a fatka gang, the GRP recovered ten mobile phones from them, with selfies of them standing on the poles taken while committing the crime, Indian Express reported.

The police acted after repeated offences of the fatka gang being active between Diva and Vasai Road emerged. A Vasai Road GRP official said that the gang would attack commuters after the train leaves platform no. 1 and reached out 150 metres where it slows down for a curve.