Navi Mumbai Police Arrest Inspector in Connection with Alleged Rs 2 Crore Robbery
Navi Mumbai, 2nd April 2024: On Monday, authorities arrested a 55-year-old inspector in connection with an alleged robbery incident in Maharashtra’s Navi Mumbai township, where a businessman was reportedly deprived of Rs 2 crore by a group of six individuals posing as police personnel.
On March 29, a businessman travelled from his home in Ghatkopar, Mumbai, to Turbhe MIDC in Navi Mumbai, where the incident unfolded. Along the way, he was intercepted by six unidentified individuals masquerading as Mumbai police officers near Palm Beach Road in Vashi. Brandishing threats, they claimed to have received complaints about the businessman possessing a substantial amount of money.
According to police reports, the impostors demanded Rs 2 crore from the businessman to avoid legal repercussions and subsequently transported him to a flat in Vashi, where they continued their intimidation tactics before absconding with the money.
Following the businessman’s complaint on March 30, the Vashi police lodged an FIR against the six unidentified individuals under multiple sections of the Indian Penal Code. These sections include 395 (related to dacoity), 363 (kidnapping), 341 and 342 (pertaining to wrongful confinement), 170 (for impersonating a public servant), 120B (for criminal conspiracy), 504 (for intentional insult), 506 (for criminal intimidation), and 34 (for common intention).
As the investigation unfolded, authorities uncovered the alleged involvement of Inspector Nitin Bhikaji Vijaykar in the crime. Consequently, he was apprehended by the Vashi police. The investigation into the matter remains ongoing.
