Three manservants with aides steal valuables worth Rs 48L from employer's house

Three manservants and two unidentified aides decamped with cash and jewellery worth Rs 48 lakh from the house of a cargo company director in the eastern suburb of Govandi police said on Monday reported news agency PTIBased on a complaint the police have registered an offence against Shersingh Loksingh Rawat Rajesh Bheem Thakulla and their two unidentified associates for the theft that took place at a bungalow in the Govandi area on Sunday an official said reported PTIThe complainant Ramamkumar Vishwamitra Khosla who owns a cargo company has said that he was at one of his offices to perform a puja for Diwali when he received a distressed phone call from Rawat which he did not receive he said reported PTILater one of Khoslas neighbours called him up to inform him that some persons had robbed the house after tying Rawat up the official said reported PTIOn arriving at the house Khosla saw Rawat crying and he was informed that Rajesh Bheem and two others had tied him up and fled with cash and jewellery he said reported PTIKhosla checked the CCTV footage from the premises and saw the three manservants and two unidentified persons entering the house minutes before the robbery and exiting the premises with a bag containing cash and jewellery the official said reported PTIThe police have detained Rawat and launched a hunt for the other four accused he said adding that a case under section 381 theft by servant of the Indian Penal Code has been registered reported PTIIn another case three men allegedly posing as policemen robbed a shopowner of jewellery worth Rs 189 lakh in Maharashtras Thane district police said on Monday reported PTIAccording to the police the victim was travelling on a twowheeler with his wife on Sunday afternoon when he was accosted by two men who claimed to be policemen reported PTIThe duo allegedly warned the victim that there was some inspection underway and people were advised not to wear jewellery an official said reported PTIThe victim was asked to remove his jewellery place it on a paper and put it in his pocket As he was putting away the valuables another accused arrived at the scene causing a distraction and allowing the duo to replace the paper containing the valuables he said reported PTIIn this manner the trio decamped with jewellery worth Rs 189 lakh the official said adding that a case has been registered under relevant provisions of the Indian Penal Code reported PTIWith inputs from PTI