The Mumbai crime branch arrested history sheeters who pretended to know strangers to steal their valuables from the Crawford market on Sunday. The men, identified as Sanjay Dattaram Mangde (46) and Naresh Vijaykumar Jaiswal (40) would visit marketplaces and call out random common names to attract his target's attention and would steal the person's valuables while engaging in a conversation with them, The Times of India reported.

According to the police, the duo committed 143 offences in the past 20 years. They were arrested earlier but would jump bail and skit court hearings. An officer with the crime branch said that they were 'proclaimed offenders'.