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Nagpur: Unhappy with salary, man becomes a chain snatcher buys car and flat from the money
Discontentment with salary pushed a young man from Nagpur into the world of crime. The police recently arrested him for his alleged involvement in as many as 56 cases of chain snatching in Nashik.
The accused has been identified as 27-year-old engineer Umesh Patil, a son of a security guard.
He finished his engineering in 2015 and then began working with a contractor. However, he was not happy with his salary and decided to snatch chains to turn his fortunes.
In at least 20 chain-snatching cases, one Tushar Dhikle partnered Patil. In November 2020, the two ended their association. After this, 36 chains were single-handedly snatched by Patil.
He was caught by cops on October 21 who followed him while he was out searching for prey, according to a report by The Times of India.
Cash worth Rs 2.5 lakh and 27 gold chains were found at the house of the accused. It is possible that he was waiting for the gold rates to go up before selling off these chains.
The TOI report further stated that the accused purchased a flat worth Rs 48 lakh and a four-wheeler using the money got by selling chains. His overall bank balance was Rs 20 lakh. Furthermore, he used splurge money on his girlfriend.
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What monkey fled with a bag containing evidence in it: Read full story
The court, generally, considers a person who commit a crime and the one who destroys the evidence, as criminals in the eyes of law. But what if an animal destroys the evidence of a crime committed by a human.
In a peculiar incident in Rajasthan, a monkey fled away with the evidence collected by the police in a murder case. The stolen evidence included the murder weapon (a blood-stained knife).
The incident came to light when the police appeared before the court and they had to provide the evidence in the hearing.
The hearing was about the crime which took place in September 2016, in which a person named Shashikant Sharma died at a primary health center under Chandwaji police station. After the body was found, the deceased’s relatives blocked the Jaipur-Delhi highway, demanding an inquiry into the matter.
Following the investigation, the police had arrested Rahul Kandera and Mohanlal Kandera, residents of Chandwaji in relation to the murder. But, when the time came to produce the evidence related to the case, it was found that the police had no evidence with them because a monkey had stolen it from them.
In the court, the police said that the knife, which was the primary evidence, was also taken by the monkey. The cops informed that the evidence of the case was kept in a bag, which was being taken to the court.
The evidence bag contained the knife and 15 other important evidences. However, due to the lack of space in the malkhana, a bag full of evidence was kept under a tree, which led to the incident.