30 October,2023 08:11 PM IST | Thane | mid-day online correspondent
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The Thane police in Maharashtra reportedly created a traffic jam to apprehend two men involved in eight cases of chain snatching in Maharashtra's Thane district, an official said on Monday, reported the PTI.
According to the PTI, the accused Waris Miraj Khan (24) and Mohammad Jaffar Qureshi (30) were apprehended by the police near Dombivili on October 27, said Sunil Kurade, assistant commissioner of police (Dombivili division).
The duo had robbed a school teacher on October 20. The police registered an offence under section 394 (voluntarily causing hurt in committing robbery) of the Indian Penal Code and based on intelligence inputs, zeroed in on them, he said, according to the news agency.
Based on a tip-off, the police laid a trap at three locations and purposely delayed traffic after spotting the accused on a motorcycle, the official said.
The accused abandoned the motorbike and were about to flee the spot when the police team overpowered them, he said
Gold worth Rs 8.18 lakh was recovered from the duo involved in eight cases of chain snatching, senior inspector Ashok Honmane said, as per the PTI.
Meanwhile, in an another incident, a case was registered against a 23-year-old Kalyan resident who allegedly attempted to strangle his wife to death over a petty argument, according to the PTI.
On Friday, the police registered a case against Kushal Bajirao Jadhav for the incident.
According to the police official, the incident occurred in the Hajimalang Road area of Kalyan on October 16.
Sub-inspector G R Babad of Manpada police station said, "The accused, who was unemployed, frequently quarrelled with his 19-year-old wife, and on the day of the attack, he allegedly tried to hang her from a ceiling fan using a rope," the news agency reported.
"The accused allegedly choked the woman multiple times before finally letting go of her," the official said, as per the PTI.
"The woman was sent for medical examination, and the FIR was registered after the reports arrived," the police official said.
The police added that a manhunt was launched to nab the absconding suspect.
(with PTI inputs)
