Gym trainer arrested for robbery using toy gun

The Oshiwara police have arrested a 23-year-old gym trainer hours after he allegedly robbed mobile phone of a shopkeeper at gunpoint on Thursday evening. The accused is identified as Danish Khan, a resident of Andheri. It was later revealed that the weapon was actually a toy gun.

According to the police, the incident took place at 6:00 pm when Khan barged into a garment shop in Oshiwara and threatened its owner

Jagdish Jetu, 27 with a firearm. Khan then snatched his mobile phone worth Rs 86,000 and escaped.

On the shopkeeper's complaint Oshiwara police registered an offence under the Indian Penal Code (IPC) section of robbery (392) and that under the Arms act and began their investigation.

Within hours police team nabbed Khan.

“We have seized the toy gun along with his scooter,” said a police officer. Khan was produced before the court on Friday and remanded in police custody. According to the police, Khan is from well to do family, however, his phone got defective which led him to commit the robbery, however, he doesn't seem to be a professional robber otherwise he wouldn't have settled for a mobile, said police.