Three men who were arrested at the domestic airport in Santacruz last week for allegedly stealing valuables considered Ahmedabad and Goa airports as their favourite hunting grounds, the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) said.
The trio allegedly said they targeted passengers at these two airports as they were lax about their personal belongings.
The accused were nabbed on March 18 — five days after they allegedly walked away with Rs 1 lakh from the luggage of a passenger flying to Chandigarh from Mumbai.
The accused, Dwarkesh Daddoguda Kurba (47), Ushakant Janardan Sonawane (57) and Shankarlal Bhanushali (59) allegedly confessed to having committed seven thefts at Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Goa, New Delhi and Mumbai airports. They first came under the radar of the CISF in September last year when they allegedly stole Rs 75,000 from from a passenger in Bangalore.
25/03/13 Indian Express
