Overview

• Kanhaiya Narayan Baurashi, unemployed for two years, confessed to four chain-snatching incidents to fund a court-ordered ₹6,000 monthly alimony payment to his ex-wife.
• Police arrested jeweller Amardeep Krishnarao Nakhate for purchasing stolen gold chains from Baurashi without verifying their provenance.
• Evidence seized based on Baurashi’s disclosures included 10 grams of melted gold grains, a motorcycle used in the thefts and a mobile phone.
• The case originated from a February 22 complaint by 74-year-old Jayshree Jaykumar Gade, whose gold chain was snatched in Manishnagar.
• Investigators are now tracing additional accomplices and using organized crime statutes to dismantle the local fencing network.