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Two foreign nationals Landor Afsar (25) and Sameer
alais Lala Jaffer (30) have been arrested by the police
in case of robbery. The two robbed a woman of Rs.45,000
cash. The police said that the two were part of a trio
that help people count money at banks, post offices
and later vanish with the cash.
The three-member gang robbed Deepali Cardeiro of Rs
45,000 when she was depositing the money in Janakalyan
Sahkari bank. The Andheri Police station SI, Sameer
Dhaund said that the members of the gang offered to
help Deepali count the money. When she turned them down,
they snatched it from her and tried to flee. While Sameer
and Afsar were nabbed by a bank staff, Jaffer Irani
the third member managed to escape with the money.
Eventually, it was foundrevealed that the three were
residents of Ambivali and professional thieves. They
have been involved in many such crimes in the MIDC area.
A case of robbery has been registered against them,
and they have been remanded to police custody for one
week. Rajiv Pillai, Dhanunjay Dhund and Pramod Tawade
are investigating the case under the guidance of senior
officer Arvind Mahavade.
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