Overview

• Police say three suspects are now in custody, including 18-year-old Aditya Karanjia and two minors from Durga Nagar.
• The Android phone linked to sensitive intelligence work was recovered wrapped in polythene from a four-foot-deep pit near the suspects’ homes.
• Officers examined more than 250 CCTV feeds and used informers and cyber-tracking to identify the accused and locate the device.
• The group allegedly discarded an iPhone after a dispute, then kept the Android handset switched off and hidden.
• Both phones and the motorcycle used in the snatching have been seized, and a BNS robbery case has been registered as interrogations continue.