Mumbai Crime: Leg stuck in bike's wheel, robber lands in cop net

Dattaram Tambe 34 an employee of Sankalp Entertainment is riding with colleague Mahendra Bait on Rawalpada bridge when the robbers arrive IllustrationRavi JadhavAs three bikeborne robbers struggled and scuffled with the two victims on a motorcycle trying to wrest from them the bag containing cash two alert traffic constables on patrol duty arrived in the nick of time And even though they could only arrest one of them from the spot as the other two escaped the police later managed to nab them as well within a few hoursThe three on a motorcycle overtake Tambe and Bait and one of them tries to snatch the bag containing cash from Baitrsquos handsHighway meleeThe incident happened on Rawalpada bridge near Dahisar Dattaram Tambe 34 a resident of Thakur Village in Kandivli east and an employee of Sankalp Entertainment Pvt Ltd was on his way to company manager Manish Gilanirsquos residence in Goregaon east to hand over Rs 863 lakh that he had taken from the cashier at Coca Cola godown in Kajupada ThaneAlso Read Mumbai Cops nab robbers after highspeed midnight chase through SoBoAs they all struggle and scuffle both bikes skid and they all fall down While the two pillion riders manage to escape the rider with his leg stuck in Tambersquos bike is unable toTambe was riding with colleague Mahendra Bait when around 1120 pm as they reached the bridge three men on a bike overtook them and one of them tried to snatch the cash bag from Baitrsquos hands A scuffle erupted and both bikes skidded and they all fell downTraffic constables Sachin Avghade and Pritam Thakur who arrive on the scene nab the stuck biker and hand him over to the Dahisar policeThe two robbers who were riding pillion threw chilli powder on Tambe and Baitrsquos faces and fled with the bag but the one riding the bike couldnrsquot escape as his leg had got stuck in the wheel of Tambersquos motorcycleTraffic constables Sachin Avghadeand Pritam Thakur nabbed one of the accused Vinayak Yadav during the highway robberyThatrsquos when traffic constables Sachin Avghade and Pritam Thakur arrived on the scene ldquoInitially we thought that it was an accident Then we spotted two running away with a bag and hence rushed to the spotrdquo Avghade saidAccused Vinayak YadavIn custodyAvghade and Thakur tried to chase the robbers but failed to catch them They then nabbed the one stuck in the bike identified as Vinayak Yadav 21 and handed him over to the Dahisar policeRead Story Highway robbers nabbed in highspeed police chaseThe Dahisar police later arrested three more accused mdash Javed Salim Sheikh 22 Rajesh Anil Pannikar 31 and Sunny Gupta one of them according to officers being the tipper who had informed the other three about the cash being transported One of them is also suspected to be a former employee of the companyPolice saysSenior Inspector Subhash Sawant said ldquoWe have arrested the accused under sections 394 voluntarily causing hurt in committing robbery and 34 common intention of the Indian Penal Code Further investigation is onrdquo