India News | Seven Held from Different States Days After Rs 70 Lakh Looted from Mumbai 'angadiya' Office

Mumbai, Feb 7 (PTI) Seven people who had allegedly barged into the office of an 'angadiya' (traditional courier) in Mulund in Mumbai and looted Rs 70 lakh at gunpoint earlier this month were arrested on Monday from different parts of the country, a police official said.

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The incident had taken place on February 1, after which multiple teams were formed to crack the case, leading to the arrest of Nilesh Bhagwan Surve (24), Nilesh Mangesh Chavhan (34), Manoj Ganpat Kalan (32), Vasiullah Kitabullah Chowdhary (43), Dilip Shivshankar Singh (23), Ratnesh alias Gagan Anilkumar Singh (25) and mastermind Bipinkumar Rajendraprasad Singh alias Monu (34), he said.

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"They were nabbed from different parts of the country, including Uttar Pradesh (UP). We have recovered Rs 37 lakh cash, four pistols, two country-made pistols, 27 live cartridges, two magazines and three cars, including the one used in the crime," the official said.

"The probe first zeroed in on the driver of the car in Navi Mumbai. He told us the name of his associates. Monu is the main accused as he provided the weapons, vehicle etc. After carrying out the dacoity, the accused were changing the number plate of the car and also their own clothes," he said.

Of these seven accused, Ratnesh and Monu were held by the Ujjain unit of the Madhya Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) with the help of the Mumbai Police when they came out of the Mahakal temple premises after taking darshan, STF inspector Deepika Shinde said in Ujjain on Monday.

The STF officials seized Rs 3 lakh and a four-wheeler from the possession of the duo.

Ratnesh is a notorious criminal from UP who has a string of cases, including murder, attempt to murder, loot and under Arms Act, registered against him, Shinde added.

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