Supervisor reports theft at Mumbai Coastal Road site, turns out to be the thief himself

Mumbai: The Worli Police in Mumbai have arrested three individuals, including a civil supervisor, for allegedly stealing around 150 kilograms of iron and concrete blocks from the Mumbai Coastal Road construction site. In a surprising turn of events, the individual who initially reported the theft was later identified as the mastermind behind the crime.

Investigators said the primary accused, Robin Kumar Vishnu Singh, 27, was employed as a civil supervisor with a private company working on the ambitious Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) coastal road project. Singh, a native of Kishanagar in Rampur village, Bihar, currently resides in the Worli area of Mumbai.

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The case began when Singh approached the Worli Police Station to lodge a complaint, claiming that scrap material had gone missing from the project site. Acting on his report, officers initiated an inquiry and began scrutinising the movement of materials and vehicles linked to the site. However, inconsistencies soon emerged in Singh’s account, prompting a deeper investigation.

Police officials later discovered that Singh had conspired to steal the material himself. According to investigators, he allegedly used his position to facilitate the movement of the blocks and ensured that no suspicion would fall on him by first filing a formal theft complaint.

Along with Singh, two other men were arrested for their alleged roles in the operation. The first, Prakash Ledo Mahto, 35, worked as a driver and was reportedly responsible for transporting the stolen goods. The third accused, Kumaluddin Khan, 38, is said to be a scrap dealer who helped dispose of the material for profit.

All three have been booked under sections of the Indian Penal Code pertaining to theft and criminal conspiracy. Police sources added that efforts are under way to trace the complete chain of transactions and recover any remaining stolen material.