Between March and April, the accused had targeted female passengers in several trains moving from Panvel to Mumbai.
MUMBAI: A 33-year-old man was arrested by the railway crime branch in Navi Mumbai s Panvel area for allegedly robbing train passengers.
Saif Chaudhary has a history of 16 past offences, the Government Railway Police (GRP) said.
A Class II pass out, Saif lived with his wife and son in Bulandshahar in Uttar Pradesh. He has four brothers.
Police said Saif would travel between UP and Mumbai for committing crimes. After making money, he would return home and lie low for a few months.
After CCTV footage of Shelke’s daring rescue went viral, he has become a man in great demand. He has been getting hundreds of phone calls and invitations from people and organisations eager to felicitate him. Among those who have called to congratulate him are Railway Minister Piyush Goyal and Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray.
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It’s 2.30 pm on Thursday and Mayur Sakharam Shelke has only had a fruit for breakfast. The 30-year-old hasn’t had a chance to open the tiffin box that his mother has been packing for him. “People offer me snacks and food wherever I go but I just don’t have time as there are so many engagements in a day,” he tells Mumbai Mirror over the phone while confirming a late evening meeting at his house that day in Talawade, near Neral railway station.
(For those who came in late, Shelke risked his life to rescue six-year-old Sahil Shirsat who had fallen on the tracks at Vangani railway station; the Udayan Express was speeding towards Mumbai from
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Mumbai streets near Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus wear a deserted look during weekend lockdown. (File)
Amid soaring Covid-19 cases, the Maharashtra government has imposed Section 144 imposed across the state. Besides, the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government is mulling imposing a strict lockdown in the entire state to deal with the situation. According to NCP leader and state minister Chhagan Bhujbal, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray will announce a decision about lockdown on Wednesday. We have made all the efforts to minimise the COVID-19 figures. He will announce the decision (to impose lockdown) on Wednesday after finalising a detailed Standard Operating Procedure, Bhujbal, the Food and Civil Supplies minister, said.Â