Mumbai Police: आप भी क्या कमाते होंगे, जितना इस चैन स्नेचर ने कमाया...

KALYAN: The police have nabbed a 39-year-old chain-snatcher but were shocked to learn later that he had two wives and had assets, including a car, totally worth over Rs 70 lakh. The accused was caught on August 16 when he tried to snatch the gold chain of a woman at a rally in support of anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare here. Both wives from Kalyan and Navi Mumbai were not aware that he had married twice.

Nazir Shaikh, 39, was caught by local resident Ritesh Phadke when he tried to snatch the chain of Meenal Parekh near a photo studio in Kalyan (W) and was handed over to the Bazarpeth police station.

The police initially thought Shaikh was a normal criminal, but investigations showed he owned properties in Navi Mumbai and Kalyan. One fully furnished flat is in a posh locality in New Panvel, the police said, and added that he also has a Maruti WagonR for travel and a motorcycle to commit the offences.

When the police visited the accused's second wife's residence in New Panvel, to find out about his background, she was unaware about his criminal activities as he had claimed he was in the real estate business.

The police said he was not cooperating with them.

"Initially, he denied any involvement but later he admitted a role in five cases. We suspect he earned the lakhs from chain-snatching as he has not revealed any other source of income," said B S Sonawane, assistant police inspector. The police on Friday produced Shaikh in the Kalyan court, which remanded him to police custody till August 31.