Thane, Feb 11 (PTI) The Government Railway Police (GRP) arrested a 41-year-old criminal from Mumbai and recovered stolen items worth Rs 7.29 lakh, an official said on Saturday.

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He had allegedly snatched the purse of a woman passenger containing jewellery and a mobile phone worth Rs 6.45 lakh while she was travelling on Ahmedabad-Kolhapur express train on the intervening night of January 30 and 31.

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Police identified the man, a resident of Dahanu in Palhar district, through CCTV cameras and arrested him from Byculla in south Mumbai.

A string of cases are pending against the accused at Kalyan, Pune, Bhusawal, and Bharuch railway stations.

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