Thane, Dec 10 (PTI) Six persons have been arrested in connection with a case of dacoity in Navi Mumbai, in which a jeweller was allegedly robbed of cash to the tune of Rs 19 lakh, the police said on Friday.

Also Read | Hyderabad Shocker: Man Beheads Wife Over Suspicion of Extramarital Affair, Surrenders at Police Station With Her Severed Head.

The accused allegedly robbed a jeweller from Ambejogai of Beed district at Kalamboli in Navi Mumbai on November 27, an official said.

Also Read | AAP Takes Dig at Punjab CM Charanjit Singh Channi, Says 'Will Give Rs 25,000 for Every Illegal Sand Mining Case He Acts Against'.

The accused threw chilli powder on the victim, when the latter alighted from a bus and robbed him at gunpoint, he said.

Following the incident, a case was registered at Kamothe and the police zeroed in on the accused based on technical and intelligence inputs and arrested them from Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, Thane, Pune and Karnataka, the official said.

The accused have been identified as Aniket Joma Mhatre (23), Kartik Sushil Sinha (24), Kiran Vijay Pawar (21), Bhima Ramrao Pawar (21), Manoj Gurmya Rathod (22), Laxman Subash Rathod (21), he said.

The police have recovered three weapons, Rs 19 lakh cash and two vehicles used in the crime, the official added.

(The above story is verified and authored by Press Trust of India (PTI) staff. PTI, India’s premier news agency, employs more than 400 journalists and 500 stringers to cover almost every district and small town in India.. The views appearing in the above post do not reflect the opinions of LatestLY)