Mateen Hafeez | TNN | Jun 20, 2018, 04:55 IST
MUMBAI: LT Marg police recently arrested eight members of a gang that had struck at an angadiya firm in Bhuleshwar, South Mumbai, and looted Rs 1.13 crore.
The gang threatened two employees with a knife and used chloroform to sedate the victims. The accused then blew up nearly Rs20 lakh on a shopping spree.
The incident took place on May 29. A team supervised by additional police commissioner Pravin Padwal and DCP Dnyaneshwar Chavan was formed to probe the case.
Investigation revealed one of the employees, Ripon Patel, had tipped his friend, Bhavik Panchal, working in an angadiya firm close by, about a huge stash of cash in their office.
Panchal got in touch with some contacts in Ahmedabad to execute robbery. After the robbery, the accused split the money. "A few days later, they all went to Goa. By then, we had arrested Patel and Panchal. We caught four others from Gujarat, while one was tracked to Agra and another to north India too," said an officer.Over Rs 92 lakh has been recovered so far. - Mateen Hafeez
The Times of India, June 20, 2018
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