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Mumbai: Think hard before accepting lift from a stranger.
Now-a-days thieves and robbers have formulated new strategies
to loot people. Shivanand Tukaram Lokhande, Prashant
Gokhale and Anil Chandiramani were looted by four men
whom had offered them lift in their car.
Four men, driving Qualis allegedly offered lift to
people and after robbing them of the money and valuables
they were carrying, took their ATM cards and withdrew
all the money in their account, and then dropped off
all their victims at their desired locations.
Shivanand Tukaram Lokhande and Prashant Gokhale on
13 December were waiting at a bus stop at Kapurbawdi
Naka, Thane, when a fawn-coloured Qualis drove up and
the incumbents offered them a lift. Lokhande and Gokhale
were asked to sit on the middle seat of the eight-seater.
There were three others along with the driver.
After covering a little distance, another person was
offered lift. He was asked to sit at the back of the
car. As the car reached the Chena Toll Naka near Kashimira,
the passengers received a rude shock. The men in the
car threatened them with knives and forced them to hand
over their mobile phones, gold chains, rings and wristwatches.
But this did not suffice the goons, they also forced
them to use their ATM cards to withdraw money and hand
over to them. A sum of Rs. 5000 and Rs.600 were withdrawn
from Lokhande and Ghokhale.
By this time, their loot amounted to a cool Rs 57,600.
The crooks then dropped off each of their passengers
at their destinations, only to pick up Anil Chandiramani
at a bus stop near Fountain Hotel. Kashimira Chandiramani
too was relieved of his gold chain and wrist watch.
Gokhale, Lokhande and Chandiramani approached the Kashimira
police and lodged a complaint under Sections 394 (voluntarily
causing hurt while committing robbery) and 34 (common
intention) of the Indian Penal Code.
The police have made sketches based on the description
given by the victims which they plan to circulate at
public places like bus-stops, railway stations, etc.
“We are investigating the matter and will soon
nab the trio with the help of these sketches,”
said the official.
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