Assam Man Who Flew to Mumbai for Burglaries Arrested in Masjid Bunder After Nerul Probe
Police say the 33-year-old confessed to five Navi Mumbai break-ins tied to a wider pattern of offences under investigation.
Overview
- Nerul police arrested Mohinul Abdul Malik Islam, 33, in south Mumbai’s Masjid Bunder after tracking him through CCTV and his mobile phone.
- Officers recovered 208 grams of jewellery valued at ₹12.57 lakh linked to five burglaries in Navi Mumbai and recorded his confession to four Nerul and one Rabale break-in.
- Case records list 11 earlier offences in Navi Mumbai and 22 in Thane for the accused, and investigators are probing his role in additional crimes across the Mumbai Metropolitan Region.
- Police say he routinely flew from Assam to Mumbai every one to three months, stayed in dormitories, conducted daytime reconnaissance, and targeted poorly secured ground-floor flats at night.
- The probe began with a September 4 complaint from the Sai-Chhaya building in Nerul over jewellery worth ₹4.95 lakh, and the matter has since been handed to Rabale police for further action.