<p>Police have arrested four persons reportedly involved in the theft of multiple mobile phones during a musical concert in Pune, Maharashtra and recovered 14 gadgets from them, an official said on Monday, PTI reported.</p>
<p>Over 36 mobile phones valued at Rs 4.87 lakh were stolen during the <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai-guide/things-to-do/article/mid-day-mumbai-guide-make-the-most-of-thursday-to-sunday-23408444" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">musical event</a> held in Pune's Kharadi area on October 18, he said to PTI.</p>
<p>A 20-year old man approached the Chandan Nagar police.</p>
<p>"The music concert was organised at a ground in the Kharadi area on October 18. We received multiple complaints of mobile theft at the event. We registered the complaints and found a gang behind the theft. Acting on a tip-off and technical evidence, we managed to recover 14 mobile phones from the possession of the accused," a senior official from Chandan Nagar police station said to PTI.</p>
<p>"A police team apprehended the four persons - two each from <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/cricket/article/steyn-parts-ways-with-sunrisers-hyderabad-23413040" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Hyderabad</a> and Mumbai. We are conducting further probe into the matter as prima facie a big gang may be running this kind of (theft) operation," the official added.&nbsp;</p>
<h2>32 thefts reported during Lalbaugcha Raja visarjan procession</h2>
<p>Last month, during the immersion procession of <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/ganeshotsav-2024-lalbaugcha-raja-in-mumbai-gets-over-rs-48-lakh-in-donations-on-day-1-23389308" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Lalbaugcha Raja</a>, police registered 32 cases against unidentified people for stealing mobile phones, jewellery, other valuables and wallets in central Mumbai, an officer said.</p>
<p>Police tactically deployed personnel en route to the Lalbaugcha Raja&rsquo;s procession, he said. &ldquo;As devotees were busy bidding farewell to Lord Ganesh, thieves stole mobile phones, gold ornaments, gadgets, bags, purses and wallets,&rdquo; the officer said.</p>
<p>He said that several people had approached Kalachowkie police station to lodge <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-crime-news/article/mumbai-32-thefts-during-lalbaugcha-raja-visarjan-procession-23395550" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">complaints of theft</a>, including valuables and cash.&nbsp;</p>
<p>&ldquo;There were 32 complaints lodged at the police station on a single day,&rdquo; he added. Police suspect the involvement of an organised gang of thieves, he said.</p>
<p>In another incident last month, the police arrested two former employees of a private hospital and another person for allegedly stealing Rs 21 lakh <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-crime-news/article/maharashtra-three-held-for-rs-21-lakh-cash-theft-from-thane-hospital-23402086" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">cash from a doctor's cabin</a> at the medical facility in Maharashtra's Thane district, PTI reported.</p>
<p>On September 21, when the doctor went to his cabin in the hospital located at Kashigaon's Vinay Nagar, he found the room had been burgled and the cash stolen, he said.</p>
<p>Upon reviewing the <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/nagpur-hit-and-run-cctv-footage-of-bar-visited-by-bjp-leaders-son-goes-missing-23392611" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">CCTV footage</a>, it was found that an unidentified masked person had entered the cabin and stolen the money, Kashigaon police station's senior inspector Rahulkumar Patil said in a release, PTI cited.</p>
<p>A probe indicated that some known person might have committed the theft, he said.</p>
<p>The police first arrested a 32-year-old former employee of the hospital from his native place in Uttar Pradesh's Pratapgarh on September 24.</p>
<p>During his interrogation, he revealed that the doctor's former driver, aged 28, hailing from Katihar in Bihar, wore the mask and committed the theft.</p>
<p>The driver and another 34-year-old man from UP, who was also involved in the crime, were subsequently arrested, reported PTI.</p>
<p>(With inputs from PTI)</p><p>
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