Morgan Stanley Vice President makes high-stake thief chase through Mumbai streets

India s financial capital Mumbai recently saw a top business executive make a high-stake thief chase through the city's busy streets in search of his mobile phone.

Sudhanshu Nivsarkar, the vice president of Morgan Stanley Group, was seen chasing down Jogeshwari Vikhroli Link Road and catching a robber who snatched his cell phone, according to a report by Hindustan Times.

The 41-year-old executive who managed to catch the thief handed him over to the police.

On Wednesday evening, Nivsarkar took an autorickshaw from the Hub Mall in Goregaon to his residence in Chandivali, according to the Powai police. Nivsarkar got caught up with the robber when the auto got stuck in a traffic jam near the National Security Guard base on Jogeshwari Vikhroli Link Road.

According to the report, an officer at the Powai police station said Nivsarkar was holding his cell phone in his left hand while sitting in the auto-rickshaw and the accused suddenly snatched it and started running. Nivsarkar immediately leapt out of the car and ran after him. Nivsarkar refused to give up and resumed his chase, which continued for several minutes until the accused fell. Nivsarkar caught up with the thief.

At the same time, the passers-by who had witnessed the chase came rushing to help. They overpowered the accused, while Nivsarkar called the local cops and the nearest mobile unit was immediately diverted to the spot.

The police took the accused into custody and recovered the phone from him. He was identified as Sagar Thakur 32, a resident of Saki Vihar Road in Powai.

The police took the accused into police custody and recovered Nivsarkar's phone from him. The thief was identified as Sagar Thakur, a resident of Powai's Saki Vihar Road.

Thakur was arrested and charged with robbery under the Indian Penal Code. An officer said in the report that he was looking into his background to check if he had similar cases registered against him in the past.