MUMBAI: The city police arrested an actor for allegedly snatching a gold chain from an elderly woman in the Santacruz area after falling into financial distress, an official said on Monday.The accused has been identified as Ashish Attarchand Sharma, a resident of Santacruz (East).Police recovered the stolen gold chain from him, news agency PTI reported.A Vakola Police official said a complaint was lodged after an unidentified person allegedly snatched a gold chain from the neck of the complainant’s mother inside their residence on Sunday.“As the crime scene was located inside a congested chawl locality with no CCTV coverage or eyewitnesses, police faced initial hurdles.“However, acting on a physical description provided by the complainant, investigators scanned CCTV footage from surrounding lanes and spotted a suspect moving suspiciously in a disguise near the area around the time of the incident,” said sub-inspector Sushantkumar Patil.After obtaining a frame grab of the suspect, officers circulated his photo among local intelligence sources, PTI reported.Based on information provided by informants, a police team raided Shyam Sundar Chawl and apprehended Sharma.During interrogation, Sharma allegedly revealed that he had started committing thefts due to ongoing financial troubles, the official said, adding that further investigation is underway.Sharma has acted in small roles in a couple of Bhojpuri films.(With agency inputs)
