Thane: Police have arrested from Mira Road three members of a gang, who allegedly used a boy to commit thefts at marriage functions, an official said on Saturday.
The accused trio has been identified as Vikrant Bhaneria (21), Chandansingh Rajput (50) and Aditya Sisodiya, (19), all from Sarangpur tehsil in Rajgarh district of Madhya Pradesh, police said.
Police have taken into custody a boy, aged around 10 years, who the gang members had roped in to commit thefts.
"The Thane district rural police arrested the trio on Thursday. While the gang had committed similar crimes in the past, the latest incident took place at a marriage hall in Mira Road on February 12," senior inspector Kailas Barve of Naya Nagar Police Station said.
"As per the complaint, the boy entered the bride's room. A relative of the bride spotted the boy picking up a wallet from a bag lying there. When he accosted the boy, the latter said the wallet belonged to his mother," he said.
"The relative, however, doubted the minor and asked him to take him to his mother. As the minor failed to do so, he was handed over to the manager of the hall, who alerted the police," Barve said.