India, May 4 -- A notorious and habitual chain snatcher and thief with more than 15 cases registered against him was arrested at Lokmanya Tilak Terminus (LTT) on Saturday. Dubbed by police as 'most wanted', Shrikesh Jai Prakash Maurya, 31, is a native of Uttar Pradesh (UP). He would ride the trains from UP to Mumbai, snatch the chains of co-passengers, and return to UP to duck the police. It's a tactic that had railway police units across the state looking for him, said police sub-inspector (detection) VR Shinde, with the Government Railway Police of the Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Railway Police.

During a search, helmed by senior police inspector Jabbar Tamboli, police recovered gold jewellery worth Rs.2.88 lakhs from Maurya. Police said he...