Eight held from Bengaluru for Rs 32L dacoity by targeting an Angadia at an ATM in Navi Mumbai

NAVI MUMBAI: Sanpada police have arrested eight accused from Bengaluru for kidnapping-cum-dacoity of an Angadia, whom they had looted of Rs 32 lakh cash, when he had gone to deposit the cash at an ATM in Juinagar on May 31 morning.Devidas Kathale, senior inspector of Sanpada informed that, six accused, including one posing as a cop, had executed the crime by abducting the Angadia identified as Mohammad Ramees Idavlath, in a SUV that they had hired from Sanpada, while two others were arrested for connivance as they were keeping a vigil in the locality. The eight accused were arrested from Bengaluru on June 2.Inspector Kathale said,"On May 31 around 7.45 am, the complainant Mohammad Ramees Idavlath had gone to an ATM kiosk at Juinagar to deposit Rs 31.73 lakhs cash.

Probably, the gang of robbers were following him. As Idavlath entered the A kiosk, six men arrived at the spot in a SUV. One for them flashed an Identity Card claiming to be a cop from Mumbai. The fake cop told Idavlath to accompany him for inquiry by claiming that the huge cash in his possession was unaccounted.

He told Idavlath to accompany him to police station for inquiry. The six men forcibly dragged Idavlath in their SUV and drove along the Palm Beach road.

But, midway the gang assaulted him inside the SUV and snatching his cash bag, they dumped him on the Palm Beach road and sped away."Inspector Kathale said, "From the CCTV footage surveillance, the SUV was traced and the driver informed that six men claiming to be from Kerala crime branch has hired his SUV and they took him around Sanpada node. At the ATM at Juinagar, they halted and targeted the Angadia Mohammad. They abducted him and left the SUV at Sanpada bridge after paying the driver.

We checked several lodges across Navi Mumbai and found that the accused had stayed at a lodge in Vashi.

From the Aadhar card details submitted at the lodge, it was learnt that the accused were from Bengaluru. Our police team reached Bengaluru and with the help of local police checked around 50 lodging and boarding where the accused could have stayed. Finally, the eight accused were apprehended from a lodge in Bengaluru. The arrested accused are Thansir Hamsa (26), Nijas Moin (27), Johnson Sunny (45) and Mohammad Ashraf (25), all of them working at a bakery and hail from Tamilnadu. The other accused are Anwar Basha (29) who works at a bakery, Fasil Kasim(30), a welder, Fasil Kasim (28), a driver and Fasil Rehman (31), a cleaner, both from Kerala. From the accused we have recovered Rs 30.48 lakhs cash apart from seizure of their mobiles and the SUV used in the crime. They have been remanded to police custody till June 7."

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