A couple's repeated rounds to the police station to enquire about their stolen mangalsutra set off a chain of events that led to the discovery that 124 recovered articles have gone missing from the Goregaon police station's safe. The articles, including gold, jewellery, cash, narcotics, etc, pertain to cases dating back to 1983. Head Constable Abaji Arjun, who was in charge of the safe, has been suspended and the Crime Branch has opened a wider probe under Section 409 of the Indian Penal Code (criminal breach of trust by a public servant.) Arjun has denied any wrongdoing.

Goregaon resident Sawmya Ajith, 33, had her gold mangalsutra snatched by two motorcycle-borne men on April 13, 2018, near Ozone Swimming Pool, a day before the auspicious Malayali New Year, Vishu. With no progress in the case, Ajith got a friend to file a Right To Information query seeking the number of chain-snatching cases registered and the number of people arrested in Goregaon since 2018. When the station failed to respond, the file was sent to the zonal Deputy Commissioner of Police Sangramsinh Nishandar in November 2018.