Mumbai: The Kandivali police have taken a 42-year-old computer science graduate into custody in Delhi in connection with the theft of a gold chain valued at Rs 5 lakh from a jewellery store in Kandivali West, Mirror Now reported. The accused has been identified as Satish Kumar Krishnaprasad Kesari, a native of Bihar. The theft is alleged, and the case is yet to be tested in court.

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According to police, the incident took place on November 15, 2025, at Padmavati Jewellers on Mathuradas Road in Kandivali West. The suspect allegedly posed as a customer, asked staff to show him a gold chain weighing 43.2 grams, and fled with it while the staff were distracted, The 420 reported. Police say he then deactivated his mobile phone and left for Delhi, and that he had used fraudulent identification documents to stay at a hostel in Mumbai.

Source: The 420

CCTV and technical surveillance led police to Delhi

Kandivali police say they reviewed hundreds of hours of CCTV footage and used technical surveillance to trace the suspect's movements to Delhi, where a specialised Mumbai Police team raided his location in Uttam Nagar and took him into custody. The stolen gold chain was recovered, police said.

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During initial questioning, police say, the suspect confessed to the Kandivali theft and admitted involvement in a similar jewellery theft in Mumbai's Dindoshi area. These are police accounts of what he allegedly said in custody, not findings of a court. He remains in police custody while officers investigate whether he is linked to other similar crimes in the city.

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UPSC preparation, a TV quiz show and a failed travel business

Investigators say Kesari had earlier spent years in Delhi preparing for the Union Public Service Commission examinations and had also taken part in the television quiz show Kaun Banega Crorepati, without progressing beyond the initial rounds. He later ran a tour-and-travel business with his wife, operating a small fleet of vehicles for ride-hailing services, which investigators say ran into heavy losses and mounting debt — financial pressure they believe led him to allegedly turn to theft. That account comes from the police investigation as reported by both outlets.

Source: The 420