Last Updated: November 20, 2023, 12:49 IST
(*2*)Cases have been registered in reference to each the incidents and a probe is on into them (Representative Image)
The accused snatched the sufferer’s cell phone value Rs 25,000. When the sufferer tried to get his telephone again, the accused punched him, leaving the sufferer injured
Police have registered instances in reference to two separate incidents of theft on skywalks in Maharashtra’s Thane metropolis and neighbouring Navi Mumbai township, officers mentioned on Monday. Both the incidents happened on Sunday, they mentioned.
A 26-year-old man was returning after work and was on a skywalk close to R Mall in Thane metropolis at round 8 pm when an individual got here from behind and pushed him, an official from Chitalsar police station mentioned.
The accused snatched the sufferer’s cell phone value Rs 25,000. When the sufferer tried to get his telephone again, the accused punched him, leaving the sufferer injured, he mentioned.
The accused additionally threatened the sufferer with dire penalties if he complained to police in regards to the offence, the official mentioned. In one other incident, a 26-year-old man was on a skywalk at Turbhe Naka in Navi Mumbai at round 7.30 pm when 4 individuals, together with two girls, who lived under the skywalk attacked on his head with a knife and snatched his cell phone and money value Rs 4,100, one other official mentioned.
The sufferer, who was injured, approached the police instantly after the incident.
Cases have been registered in reference to each the incidents and a probe is on into them, the police added.
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