Senior Police Inspector Mahadev Waghmode of the Ranjangaon police station stated that the investigation began following an incident on January 14, where three unidentified men thrashed a worker and robbed him of his phone. “Following this, several more workers approached us with similar complaints of mobile robbery,” Waghmode said.A team led by Sub-Inspector Avinash Thorat analyzed the victims’ descriptions of the suspects and found a consistent pattern. Acting on a tip-off, the police intercepted the trio. “Upon taking them into custody, we recovered five robbed handsets and the motorcycle used in the commission of these crimes,” Waghmode added.Police are currently interrogating the suspects to determine their involvement in other similar robberies across the district.
