The Ulhasnagar police have arrested a man for alleged attempted robbery in the city’s Camp Number 3 area. Police have identified the accused as Pawan Nakhwal, a resident of Ulhasnagar. According to the police, the accused had been roaming the locality for nearly a week, entering houses while carrying a sharp object and intimidating residents. 

Locals gathered CCTV footage from private and public cameras and submitted it to the Central police station, following which the police swung into action.  “We received several complaints from locals and immediately launched an investigation. Reviewing the CCTV footage, we observed that the accused’s modus operandi was to roam around at night when it was dark, sometimes carrying a sharp object,” said Shankar Avtade, senior police inspector, Central police station.