A 30-year-old man has been arrested for a series of chain-snatchings in local trains. He told cops he needed the money to splurge on his gay partners. The police said the accused used to dress up like a corporate employee and steal gold chains of fellow commuters.

Andheri RPF officers said, on December 19, while on crime prevention duty, constables Anirudh Giri, Ankit Kumar and Anil Naikwade spotted him around 7.30 pm at platform number 3 acting in a suspicious manner. They remembered seeing him in CCTV footage of November 29 while snatching the chain of a commuter.