Mumbai: Two youths have been arrested for allegedly obstructing two police personnel on patrol duty and snatching their authorized vehicle tracking device worth Rs 38,000 during a late-night chase near the JVLR flyover on Thursday.
Incident Details
According to an FIR lodged based on a complaint by Vikhroli police constable Mangesh Deshmukh, he and another constable were patrolling the area on a bike when they spotted two persons recklessly riding a motorcycle with a modified silencer and without a registration number. The two allegedly ignored signals to pull over, and the one on the pillion snatched an official mobile data transfer tag (MDT) device attached to the police bike. They fled and later escaped into a thicket of bushes.
Search and Arrest
Additional police teams and crime branch officials were called to the spot, and a search operation was launched. After more than an hour, the two youths—Akash Dadarao Kharat (23) of Goregaon and Deva Hiwale from Kanjurmarg—were traced. Police recovered the MDT device from Kharat and also seized the motorcycle.
Legal Charges
The FIR invokes charges of obstructing government work, theft, and related offenses. Further investigation is underway.
