Four held from Gujarat for theft of Rs 11.25 lakh from college in Palghar

Police have arrested four men including two autorickshaw drivers from Gujarat for allegedly stealing Rs 1125 lakh cash collected as student fees from the treasury of a college in Maharashtras Palghar city officials said on Wednesday reported news agency PTIThe theft took place between 530 pm on July 23 and 745 am on July 24 at the Dandekar College located on Boisar Road a police release said reported PTIAn official from the college later reported that Rs 1125 lakh kept in the colleges accounts department treasury had been stolen by unidentified personsBased on technical analysis and intelligence inputs the police identified the four accused and arrested them from Umbargaon in neighbouring Valsad district of Gujarat on Monday with the help of local police the release said reported PTIDuring interrogation they confessed to committing the theft Out of the stolen cash Rs 405 lakh has been recovered it saidThe accused have been identified as Shubham Virendra Singh 21 Murali Manohar Pawar 23 both autorickshaw drivers Arun Lakhan Chavan 19 a mason and Farooq Firoz Khan all hailing from Valsad the release said reported PTIThey have been booked under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita sections 305A theft in a dwelling house and 33134 house trespass or house break the police addedWoman poses as man to loot jewellery of Rs 15 crore from relatives house arrestedMeanwhile a 27yearold woman disguised as a man to gain entry into the residence of her sisters fatherinlaw and robbed jewellery of more than Rs 15 crore from the house in Maharashtras Palghar district police said on Wednesday reported PTIThe incident took place at Manickpur in Vasai area on Monday afternoon and the woman was apprehended from Navsari in Gujarat the same night they saidThe accused dressed up as a man came to the house of her sisters 66yearold fatherinlaw who lived alone under the pretext of wanting to see it for some dealAfter entering the house the accused took the elderly man to the toilet on the pretext of checking it locked him inside and fled with 14 kg of gold ornaments and 23 kg of silver items collectively valued at Rs 15084050 Assistant Commissioner of Police Crime Madan Ballal said reported PTIBased on the victims complaint an FIR was registered the same day under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita sections for theft robbery and wrongful confinement and the police examined 75 to 80 CCTV footages he saidWe came across a footage showing a man carrying the stolen items and placing them somewhere before disappearing from sight after which a woman collected them the official saidAlong with technical surveillance and intelligence inputs the investigators received a tip that a relative of the victim in Gujarat could be involved in the crimeActing swiftly a crime branch team from here with the assistance of the Navsari police apprehended the woman identified as Jyoti Mohan Bhanushali from Gujarat late Monday night Ballal said reported PTIDuring interrogation she confessed to hatching the plan herself Disguised as a man she visited the house of her sisters fatherinlaw knowing he lived alone and carried out the robbery the official said reported PTIThe police have recovered all the stolen items he said adding further probe was on into the caseWith inputs from PTI