Four held for house break-ins at Dahisar, two still at large

The Crime Branch Unit 12 sleuths busted a gang involved in several house break-ins and arrested four of its members from Dahisar. The accused, identified as Ayyappa Shettiyar alias Shetty (46), Murgan Shetty (44), Naseem Sheikh (21) and Jiyarul Sheikh alias Pintoo (38), were arrested on Saturday and booked under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code.

Police sources said, the incident occurred on Wednesday, when the gang members had allegedly sneaked into a house in Goregaon and decamped with gold jewellery valued at 18 lakh. In a parallel probe, the local police and the crime branch sleuths launched a search for the accused and had activated their network of informers. Police scrutinised the CCTV camera footage and identified the accused, following which they nabbed the accused in Dahisar on Friday.