Five held for armed dacoity in Palghar

The Palghar Police in Maharashtra on Monday said that it solved an armed dacoity case with the arrest of five members of a criminal gang reported the PTIAddressing the media District Superintendent of Police Balasaheb Patil said that the dacoity took place on the intervening night of July 1213 in Khanivali village under Wada taluka of the district located adjoining Mumbai according to the PTIA group of armed men forcibly entered a house in the village restrained its occupants and stole valuables including gold and silver ornaments worth around Rs 231 lakh he saidThe gang used chilli pepper spray on a male member of the house tied up a woman with ropes plastered her mouth and threatened the occupants with a sickle said Balasaheb PatilThe robbers also withdrew Rs 20000 from an ATM after finding a debit card in the house and getting access to its password said the official as per the PTIThe stolen gold and silver ornaments were later sold to a jeweller in Dombivli in adjoining Thane district of Maharashtra he statedThey were arrested from various locations including Darashiv central Maharashtra Dombivli Bhiwandi Thane district and Wada said PatilThe police have recovered a stolen motorcycle and weapons used in the crime from the gang members he addedThose arrested were identified as Devanand Ramesh Tumbda 31 Santosh Krishna Tare 37 Akash Kaluram Santhe 28 Avinash Subash Pawar 25 and Umesh Bhairu Dhavre 30 the police official said3 armed robbers steal jewellery worth Rs 12 lakhs from Kharghar storeMeanwhile in an another incident three unidentified persons on Sunday robbed a jewellery shop in Navi Mumbais Kharghar at gunpoint and fled with belongings worth around Rs 12 lakhThe incident happened at the shop located in Sector 35 on Sunday night the officials saidSources said that three unknown assailants whose faces were covered with helmets entered the shop and brandished pistols while looting the store The police said they fired a few rounds as well and made away with jewelleryThe CCTV footage of the incident which has surfaced online showed one of the armed robbers threatening the three salesmen sitting behind the counter to empty the gold silver and cash at the shop to which they obliged One of the persons attempted to raise an alarm though he succeeded no immediate help arrived One of the accused is heard shouting at the salesmen and a few minutes later they escaped with the lootWatch CCTV of the incident belowArmed robbers flee with jewellery worth Rs 12 lakhs stolen from a shop in Kharghar manhunt launched to trace them Video journofaizan News NewsUpdates Mumbai Crime CrimeNews pictwittercom0YUY7IUSJ6mdash Mid Day mid_day July 29 2024with PTI inputs