Mumbai Crime: Man robbed of Rs 36,000 and phone in moving car

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A 31-year-old software engineer was robbed by four unidentified men in a moving car. He was robbed of Rs 36,000 cash and a mobile phone worth Rs 16,000 near Ghansoli railway station on Tuesday. The victim got into the car thinking that it was a shared cab.

A case has been registered against the four men by the Rabale MIDC police. On Tuesday night, Jignesh Shah who is a resident of Dombivli spotted a Maruti car near Ghansoli railway station. He approached the vehicle as he thought that it was a shared cab. There were three people in the cab apart from the driver who agreed to give him a lift.

According to a report in Hindustan Times, an officer from Rabale MIDC police said, "After Shah got in, one man took his mobile while another pressed a gun-like object on his stomach and took his ATM cards. They then entered an ATM kiosk and withdrew Rs 36,000 from his account."

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