Sunil Patil, the accused

The arrest of a thief by the Kurla RPF has revealed lingo unique to the pickpocket gangs that operate at railway stations. The thief, Sunil Patil (27), told the cops during interrogation on Thursday, that the code word for targets whom they zeroed in on was 'Raju'; wallets were called 'chamda' (skin); Rs 2,000 notes were referred to as 'gajar' (carrot) and Rs 500 notes were called 'takla' (bald).