Out of remand home, teen held for snatching chains

The Matunga police arrested an 18-year-old man a chain-snatching case earlier this week. During the probe, it transpired that the accused, Sarfaraz Umar Qureshi, had been released from Dongri children’s remand home on January 15. He had been lodged there for allegedly killing a minor last year.

- Mateen Hafeez

Mumbai: The police said that in over 40 days of his release from the remand home, Qureshi committed four crimes in the city.

The police said that Punit Thakkar (40) was on his morning walk in Wadala on February 25 when a bike-borne accused snatched his gold chain worth Rs 60,000. “The police teams searching for the chain-snatcher analysed around 100 images of CCTV footage,” said senior inspector Deepak Chavan.