05 July,2017 06:00 AM IST | Mumbai | Suraj Ojha
A commuter held on to a robber for five stations from Raey Road to CST before handing him over to the cops. The robber was part of a four-member gang that had boarded a CST-bound train at Wadala
The robber (centre, in black) with the RPF cops and the passenger they robbed
When four robbers barged into the luggage compartment of a CST-bound train at Wadala late last night and robbed a hapless commuter inside, he got their own back by holding on tight to one of the robbers as he tried to get off the train at Reay Road station. The man was eventually arrested at CST.
At Wadala station last night, four people barge into the luggage compartment, and snatch a commuter's phone and cash
Passenger threatened
According to the victim, Raja Konar, 34, a Colaba resident, around 12.50 am, as the train was pulling out of Wadala station, four people barged into the luggage compartment in which Konar and one other person was travelling. The four came and stood next to Konar and started threatening him. They then snatched his Micromax cell phone and Rs 1,200 from his shirt pocket. When Reay Road station arrived, they four were getting off, when Konar and the fellow commuter, grabbed hold of the last robber, preventing him from getting down. They held on tight to him until CST, where they started shouting 'chor, chor'. The on-duty Railway Protection Force (RPF) personnel rushed to the compartment.
As the robbers try to get off at Reay Road station, the passenger and a fellow commuter hold on tight to one of them
RPF arrest the accused
On hearing the story of the robbery, the cops arrested the accused. The RPF cops found Konar's Micromax mobile phone on the robber, who was identified as Sabe Murtaja (21), a Mazgaon resident.
When the train reaches CST, they start shouting 'chor chor' and alert the RPF personnel who are on duty there
Sachin Bhalode Sr. DSC, RPF, said, "We immediately arreÂsted the accused and seized the stolen mobile phone from him. As the incident took place under the Wadala GRP's jurisdiction, we handed over the accused to them for further investigation."
When the cops come to enquire, they tell them about the robbery and the man is arrested. Illustrations/Ravi Jadhav
The Wadala GRP officers have registered an FIR against the accused under various sections of the IPC.
