Thane: Man snatches doctor`s high-end phone on express train; GRP launches probe

The police on Wednesday said an unidentified person allegedly attacked a doctor travelling by a long-distance train and fled with his mobile phone valued at Rs 1.29 lakh in Maharashtra`s Thane district, reported news agency PTI.

The incident, which occurred near Dativali railway station on April 28, was reported to the Thane Government Railway Police (GRP) on Monday, reported PTI.

According to a GRP official, the 30-year-old doctor was travelling on the Dadar-Hubli Express. As the train neared Dativali, an unidentified person allegedly hit the victim`s hand, causing his iPhone to fall, reported PTI.

The attacker then quickly picked up the mobile phone and fled the spot, he said.

A First Information Report (FIR) has been registered under section 304 (snatching) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita against the unidentified culprit, the official said.

The complaint and the FIR did not elaborate on the reason for the delay in reporting the incident.

Man calls police about bomb threat at Mumbai airport after quarrel with wife; detained for hoax call

In another case, a 35-year-old man was apprehended on Tuesday for making a hoax call to the Mumbai police`s control room about a bomb threat at the international airport in Mumbai, officials said, reported PTI.

The accused, Manjeet Kumar Gautam who is a resident of Sakinaka in Andheri East, told the investigators that he made the hoax call out of frustration following an argument with his wife, they said, reported PTI.

“Gautam called the main control room of the city police around 9 am on Tuesday, and told them that there would be a blast at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSIMA) around 2 pm,” an official said, reported PTI.

The control room staff immediately informed the senior authorities and a probe was launched, he said.

“The police teams then traced the call to the Andheri MIDC area, following which teams from the MIDC and Sahar police stations apprehended Gautam,” he said.

Gautam, a tailor by profession, was brought to the police station and a notice under section 168 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) was issued to him, the official said, adding that further preventive action was being taken against him, reported PTI.

Gautam made the call to the police control room as he was frustrated after a heated argument with his wife, the official said.

A non-cognisable case was registered against Gautam at the Azad Maidan police station, and further investigation into the case is underway, he said.

(With inputs from PTI)

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