Man electrocuted at a shop in Vashi

NAVIMUMBAI: A 25-year-old man died after he was electrocuted in a shop at APMC market at Vashi on Tuesday.

According to the police, Sanjeet Kumar Lalbabu, a resident of Sector 19 at Kopar Khairane, worked at a welding shop at the market.

“He was working in the shop on Tuesday when he touched a live wire by mistake and collapsed. He was rushed to Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) Hospital at Vashi, where he was declared dead on arrival,” said a police officer from APMC police station. The police have registered an accidental death case.

NAVI MUMBAI : Three burglars, whohadbeenoperating atdifferent places of Navi Mumbai and Thane over the past couple of months, were arrested by the Panvel city police on Tuesday.

Ganesh Agarwal, 28, Ram Agarwal, 24, and Gangaram Agnihotri, 44, are residents of Mira Road.

Thepolicehaverecoveredstolen goods worth ₹4.08 lakh from them.

The police are still investigating the case to find out if some more people were involved.

“In June, some unidentified culprits broke into a jewellery shop at Panvel and stole jewellery worth ₹5.5 lakh,” said a police officer from Panvel city police station.

“We startedgoing throughthe CCTV footage and finally zeroed in on the accused on Tuesday.During interrogation, the accused told us about their hideoutandwerecoveredsomeofthe stolen goods. We also recovered an SUV which was used in the crime. We are now trying find out in whose name the car was registered,” he said.

The police booked the accused under sections 454, 457, 380 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). They were produced before the judicial court and were remanded in police custody.

“With the arrests, we hope to solve some cases and recover more stolen goods,” said another senior officer.