Mumbai Robbery

Man Arrested For Stealing Valuables At Wedding Venues In Mumbai

Mumbai News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday January 12, 2021

Police have arrested a 47-year-old man for allegedly stealing valuables from venues of weddings and other functions in Mumbai, an official said.

5 Robbery-Accused Test COVID-19 Positive, 17 Mumbai Cops Quarantined

Mumbai News | Press Trust of India | Friday June 12, 2020

Five accused who were arrested for robbery in Mumbai's suburban Kurla have tested positive for coronavirus, an official said on Thursday.

Woman, 67, Found Dead At Home In Mumbai; Police Suspect Robbery

Mumbai News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday September 10, 2019

A 67-year-old woman was found dead at her home in Mumbai's Mulund on Monday, the police said today.

In A Movie-Like Chase, Mumbai Man Catches Thief, Snatches Back 5 Lakh

Mumbai News | Press Trust of India | Friday March 30, 2018

A 27-year-old man, who stole a bag containing Rs 5 lakh from a car at a traffic signal, was caught after a dramatic chase in suburban Mumbai's Borivali on Thursday, police said. However, his accomplice managed to escape.

Mumbai Police Foil Plan To Loot Diamond Traders; 6 Arrested

Mumbai News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday August 17, 2016

Six persons were arrested after police thwarted a gang's plan to loot diamond and gold traders in suburban Matunga in Mumbai, a senior official said today.

Elderly Mumbai Couple Brutally Assaulted By Gang Of Burglars; 4 Held

Mumbai News | Samiullah Khan, Sadaguru Pandit and Jayesh Shah, Mid-Day | Tuesday February 9, 2016

An elderly couple returning home at 2.30 am from a function had the shock of their lives when they spotted the notorious 'chaddi-banyan' gang lurking in their building lobby, just about to flee after a double burglary in the building. There were at least seven of them, wearing nothing but the underwear the gang gets its name from, but from the revo...

Mumbai: Security Agency Employees Allegedly Robbed of Consignment Worth Crores

Mumbai News | Press Trust of India | Saturday May 10, 2014

Four employees of a security agency, carrying a consignment of gold and diamonds worth crores of rupees from Gujarat to Mumbai were allegedly abducted and robbed by four unidentified men in suburban Borivali, police said today.

Actor assaulted by three men as Mumbai crowd watches

Mumbai News | Reported by Sauabh Gupta; Edited by Mala Das | Wednesday August 28, 2013

A small crowd watched as a woman actor was assaulted by three men in a Mumbai suburb after she tried to stop them from stealing her purse.

Former employee arrested for senior citizen's murder in Mumbai

Mumbai News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday November 7, 2012

The former employee of a senior citizen, who was murdered and robbed of gold and cash worth nearly Rs 4.5 lakh at her residence in suburban Malad, has been arrested, police said on Wednesday.

20-year-old rescued after being dumped in creek

Mumbai News | mid-day.com | Monday July 9, 2012

A 20-year-old student in Pune was kidnapped, looted off Rs 60,000 and dumped at Vashi creek by four persons on Saturday. On hearing his cries for help, fishermen saved him and admitted him to a hospital. According to Vashi police, the victim Nikhil Narendra Gatagat, is a student of Bachelor of Electronics and Telecommunication in College of Enginee...

10 reasons why the police think Ghatkopar robbery is fake

Mumbai News | mid-day.com | Friday May 11, 2012

TV viewing can be entertaining, and educative. Ghatkopar cops suspect jeweller Kanak Champalal Shah picked up pointers from TV shows to stage a robbery at his store and claim insurance worth Rs 1.5 crore. As per the jeweller's statement, three robbers had walked into the RG Jewellers store at MG road, Kapol Wadi and had robbed it of 2 kg of gold, w...

Builder's wife killed in daytime murder-robbery

Mumbai News | mid-day.com | Tuesday May 8, 2012

In a daytime murder-robbery that has left Ghatkopar residents shocked, the wife of a well-known city-based builder was killed in her home in Ghatkopar (East) on Monday. The accused, yet to be identified, slit her throat with a kitchen knife, cops said. Chetna, 51, wife of Jayant Ajmera of Ajmera builders, was alone at the time of the incident. Her ...

Robbers take bride-to-be's Rs 70-lakh jewellery

Mumbai News | mid-day.com | Tuesday February 28, 2012

It's not a good idea to have jewellery worth Rs 70 lakh lying around in a cupboard when you are alone at home. It's an even worse idea to then open the door to strangers without adequately establishing their identity. Ask Sangeeta Sudhakar Shenoy. According to Vanrai police, the 62-year-old resident of the sixth floor of Suraj Heights located at Sh...

65-yr-old hypnotised, robbed of gold, cash and vegetables

Mumbai News | mid-day.com | Friday February 24, 2012

Senior citizen was on his way home from market when two persons asked him about an eye hospital; next thing he remembers, his head is throbbing and his gold rings, chain, cash are gone

Robber bites peon's ear; flees with cash and cellphone

Mumbai News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday December 21, 2011

In a bizarre incident, a robber bit the ear of a peon at a shop before fleeing with cash and valuables, while and his two associates attacked the shop owner with a dummy revolver here today, the police said.