Thane: The Thane railway police retrieved and returned jewellery lost in various train thefts since 2017 along the Thane railway section to their rightful owners. The collective value of the jewellery is over Rs 5 lakhs.“The police teams cracked all the cases and retrieved the stolen items following meticulous investigations that included surveillance and intelligence inputs. The recovered jewellery was kept in police custody pending legal clearance before returning to the owners,” said a statement issued by railway police commissioner M. Rakesh Kalasagar.“The ornaments, which include a mangalsutra, pendants, beads, nose rings, and bangles, were stolen from passengers in six different cases reported at Thane, Mumbra, and Kalwa railway stations since 2017. Most owners lost hope of getting back the ornaments and were thrilled to get them back ahead of the festive season,” said Archana Dusane, senior inspector at the Thane police station.In a related development, a woman caught red-handed while allegedly stealing a gold mangalsutra from a passenger helped the Thane railway police crack multiple thefts reported across the section involving the lady.According to police, the 33-year-old Ulhasnagar resident snatched the gold necklace from a fellow passenger while boarding a crowded compartment of a down slow local train at platform 3 last week during peak evening hours. She tried to flee but was chased and apprehended by a plainclothes police staff member deployed at the station.“Following the victim’s complaint, we registered an FIR against the accused, and during investigations, the accused revealed her involvement in at least six other cases involving the theft of gold jewellery. We recovered 27.5 grams of gold from her, valued at approximately Rs 2.72 lakhs. The accused took advantage of crowded compartments to commit thefts repeatedly across the section,” said Dusane.
