Thief allegedly jumps into a moving rickshaw, overpowers passenger using a chloroform-dabbed hanky, and flees with briefcase full of cash
Thief allegedly jumps into a moving rickshaw, overpowers passenger using a chloroform-dabbed hanky, and flees with briefcase full of cash
A bottle of chloroform has been a primary weapon in many a heist planned in Bollywood masala flicks, where the victim is rendered unconscious by merely placing a laced hanky on the mouth.u00a0 Ashok Babaji Ladgavkar, a Santacruz resident, has filed a complaint of theft at the Kasturba Marg police station stating that a thief
used a handkerchief dabbed with chloroform to loot the 45-year-old. According to the police complaint, Ladgavkar, an employee of Royal Tivekal Star club, was on his way to deposit the cash at Bharat Bank in Dahisar on Monday morning. The incident occurred when the rickshaw reached Kandivli.
Gone in 10 seconds!
Off to the bank: Ashok Ladgavkar is on his way to deposit the cash
at Bharat Bank in Dahisar
Ladgavkar said that as the rickshaw slowed down at Thakur Garden junction on the Western Express Highway, a man jumped into his rickshaw and held a powerful chloroform-laced handkerchief to his face. In a matter of seconds, Ladgavkar lost consciousness and was thrown out of the rickshaw. The thief then fled with the bag full of money. When Ladgavkar came to his senses, he found himself lying on the roadside. He immediately went to the police station to file a complaint. 
Thief 'checks' in: As the rickshaw slows down at Thakur Garden
junction, a man jumps in and holds a powerful chloroform-laced
handkerchief to Ladgavkar's face
Fishy tale
The Kasturba Marg police have registered a case against an unknown person for making away with Rs 22.19 lakh from Ladgavkar. According to the police statement, the complainant was travelling by rickshaw to deposit the cash at Dahisar, when the incident took place at Kandivli East. Ladgavkar alleged that after the robber overpowered him, he fled with the cash in the same rickshaw. When contacted API M Raorane from the Kasturba Marg police station said that they have registered a case of robbery against the unidentified man. 
Looted and booted: Ladgavkar loses consciousness and is thrown
out of the rickshaw. Illustrations/Jishu Dev Malakar
However, the police are also verifying the claims of Ladgavkar as his version of the incident has many loopholes. "If Ladgavkar was thrown out of a moving rickshaw he must have suffered injuries and should have
gone to the hospital. Instead he came to the police station and did not have any marks on his body or clothes," said Raorane. "Secondly according to Ladgavkar's statement it appears that the rickshaw driver was also involved in the robbery which we are investigating," added Raorane.
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