Mumbai, Jun 30 (PTI) The Mumbai police have arrested three history-sheeters for allegedly robbing an ‘angadia’ (traditional money courier) of Rs 33.45 lakh-worth gold jewellery and trying to extort money from him at Kalbadevi here, an official said on Thursday.
The incident took place on Tuesday evening and the police arrested the accused within three hours of the registration of the case, while the robbed valuables were recovered within 12 hours, he said.
“When the angadia was putting parcels of gold jewellery for to Pune and Kolhapur in his car, the accused trio, identified as Nilesh Tiwari, Silvaraj Kala and Abhiraj Khilari, came near his office and demanded Rs 25,000 from his to let go the vehicle,” he said.
The accused persons threatened him before decamping with the gold jewellery, the police official said.
A first information report (FIR) was registered at the Lokmanya Tilak Marg police station. A probe was launched and the accused persons were arrested.
Tiwari was earlier named in four offences of murder, robbery, riots and extortion, he said, adding that there were 17 cases registered against Silvaraj, including under the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA). PTI DC NP
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