The iPhone of an Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer was stolen while he was ringing in the new year in a five-star hotel in <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/search/juhu-articles" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Juhu</a>.
Shortly after the officer registered a complaint at the <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/search/mumbai-articles" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Juhu police station</a>, the police managed to identify two of the accused thanks to CCTV camera footage.
<img title="The CCTV footage that led to their arrest" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2023/jan/Two-held-for-b_e.jpg" alt="The CCTV footage that led to their arrest" width="1280" height="720" />
The duo was arrested at a lodge in Ghatkopar on Tuesday. The stolen iPhone was recovered from their possession.
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The accused, Bhanu Sharma, 26, and Raj Sharma, 24, hail from Punjab and had come to Mumbai to attend new year celebrations.
According to police sources, the complainant is a deputy commissioner. After he approached the cops, API Vijay Dhotre and his team&mdash;under the guidance of DCP Anil Paraskar and under the supervision of Senior Inspector Ajitkumar Vertak&mdash;began to examine CCTV footage and eventually zeroed down on two suspects.
<img title="The CCTV footage that led to their arrest" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2023/jan/Two-held-for-c_e.jpg" alt="The CCTV footage that led to their arrest" width="1280" height="720" />
&ldquo;With the help of the call data records, we traced the accused to Ghatkopar and nabbed the duo at the guest house. We have recovered the stolen iPhone,&rdquo; said an officer from the Juhu police station.
During the interrogation, the officers learnt that Raj Sharma used to work in a mobile shop in his home state while Bhanu is a chef. The duo had allegedly committed the crime when they were inebriated, the officer added.
<img title="Raj Sharma and Bhanu Sharma" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2023/jan/Two-held-for-d_e.jpg" alt="Raj Sharma and Bhanu Sharma" width="1280" height="720" />Raj Sharma and Bhanu Sharma
&ldquo;We have arrested the duo under various sections of the Indian Penal Code. They were produced before the court on Wednesday. They have been remanded in police custody,&rdquo; he added.
The police are checking to see if the accused are repeat offenders or if this was their first run-in with the law.

The accused, who hail from Punjab, were inebriated; CCTV footage captured the crime and led to their arrest

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