Police have arrested five men for allegedly robbing a 55-year-old man of Rs 30,000 in cash and other valuables on the Samruddhi Expressway in Maharashtra’s Thane district, officials said.
The incident took place on November 2 on the Nagpur-to-Mumbai lane of the expressway in Kalyan taluka. Additional Superintendent of Police, Thane Rural, Anmol Mittal, shared details of the case at a press conference on Wednesday evening.
Car intercepted on Nagpur-to-Mumbai lane
Khan Abdul Farid Abdul Hamid, a 55-year-old resident of Pune, was travelling from Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar to Kalwa in Thane in a car with his driver when the incident occurred.
According to the police, five unidentified persons intercepted their vehicle by blocking its path with another car. The accused allegedly threatened Abdul Hamid and his driver before carrying out the robbery.
Robbers allegedly threatened victims with knives, firearm
The accused allegedly threatened the man and his driver with knives and a firearm before looting Rs 30,000 in cash and their mobile phones.
The driver was also held captive inside the car for a brief period, the official said.
Following the incident, Abdul Hamid approached the police and lodged a complaint. The Kalyan Taluka police registered a case under relevant provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and the Arms Act.
CCTV footage, technical surveillance help identify suspects
Mittal rushed to the spot to supervise the investigation. With no physical clues available at the scene, police relied on technical surveillance and CCTV footage to identify the suspects.
The investigation subsequently revealed that the accused had fled to their hometown in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, the official said.
Five accused arrested in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar
A police team travelled to Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar and arrested the five accused on Tuesday.
The arrested persons have been identified as Akash Babulal Shewale (21), Akash Mardansingh Usare (23), Gopal Kamlal Bamnavat (24), Durgesh Tarachand Fatpure (21) and Lahu Jaysing Barwal (18), Mittal said.
The police are investigating the case further to establish the full sequence of events and determine whether the accused were involved in other similar offences.
Further investigation is underway, officials added.
(With inputs from PTI)
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