The Mumbai police, since late July, managed to nab seven chain-snatchers against whom multiple cases have been registered. Crime branch sleuths said one of the accused would allegedly pose as a tempo driver and snatch chains, all the while speaking glibly with his victims. The police discovered that as many as 36 cases have been filed against him in Mumbai, Thane, Nashik, Pune, Raigad and Ulhasnagar. He was also booked at Surat and Ahmedabad.

A husband-wife duo snatched a child’s gold chain at the Bandra fair. The man swallowed the chain when cops tried to nab him. The cops stated both of these criminals visit the city during the festive season. Other chain-snatchers, a duo, have more than 20 cases of robbery registered against them. The modus operandi included using stolen bikes, so that the investigators are in a quandary.