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The two chain snatchers, Narendra and Narayana, were convicted and got seven years of jail time. A whopping 3.5kg of gold ornaments were recovered from them. Interestingly, these chain snatchers were brothers of a politician who later contested the Karnataka assembly polls.

The murder of a caterer in Maharashtra’s Raigad district would have gone unsolved but for a vital clue that the accused left behind – a T-shirt with the name of a local resort.

S P Sowmya Saloni was arrested for allegedly murdering her fiancée with the help of her boyfriend. Out on bail months later, she died by suicide. Her boyfriend was acquitted by the court.

Tourists ordering breakfast this early? An eatery's suspicion led to the arrest of over 40 people operating the fake call centre in Virar near Mumbai in 2023.

On December 20, 2003, the then superintendent of police (SP) received anonymous letters and phone calls informing him about villagers spotting decomposed bodies on the hillocks and adjoining agricultural lands of Nandos village.

From changing his name to moving to a new place, Atahar Beig Riyaz Beig evaded arrest for nearly three decades – until August 2022 when the police caught on.

Odisha natives Pratima Kispatta and Askar Barla met while returning home from Mumbai during the COVID-19 lockdown. While they returned to Mumbai in July, their relationship soured after Barla suspected Kispatta of having an affair.

As the long road from detection to conviction is full of challenges and involves a team of unsung heroes, the current Mumbai Police Commissioner Vivek Phansalkar came up with this idea to reward them.

The police said that Khan’s wife Salma, mother-in-law Bilkis Shaikh and sister-in-law Tajunia Haseena strangled him and then killed him by repeatedly banging his head against the wall.