Interstate gang busted, 4 held

Representation pic

The Mira Bhayandar-Vasai Virar (MBVV) police have detected 16 cases with the arrest of four people who distracted people at ATM centres and stole their money, a cop said on Thursday. The MBVV police have recovered a car, cash and mobile phones worth Rs 5.28 lakh from the interstate gang, apart from seizing 94 ATM cards, said Suhas Bavche, deputy commissioner of police-zone II, Virar.

The arrests came on the complainant of a man who was targeted at an ATM near Santosh Bhuvan in Nalasopara, on December 9 last year. The man told the police that four men kept him engrossed in talks, replaced his ATM card with a fake one and withdrew R40,000 from his account, said the officer.

Also Read: Mumbai Crime: 43-year-old man kills self after murdering wife in Dadar

Working on surveillance camera footage and other leads, the Pelhar police found that the four are from Ulhasnagar, but they had gone into hiding. The gang members changed their mobile numbers and moved to Daman, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Haryana and Madhya Pradesh to evade police, he said.

In the last week of January, the police arrested them from Dhule, said the officer. The police identified them as Vicky Salve, 32, Vicky Wankhede, 22, Anil Veldode, 29, and Vaibhav Mahadik, 34.

This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever