Mumbai: Cops turn robbers; kidnap man and steal Rs 20,000 from him

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Two policemen attached to the Special Branch of Mumbai Police have been arrested in a kidnapping and theft case. The accused kidnapped a lottery centre owner and robbed him of Rs 20,000 after threatening him with arrest. The victim was picked up from Cotton Green and allowed to go after he gave the duo the money.

Assuming them to be scamsters posing as police, the victim later lodged a complaint at the Kalachowki police station, and an investigation revealed that the accused were real policemen indeed. The two were arrested on January 25 and are in judicial custody.

Police Sub Inspector Ramkrushna Jadhav, 57, and constable Avinash Andhare, 54, are both residents of Navi Mumbai. "Jadhav got a tip-off from his informer that a lottery centre in the jurisdiction of Kalachowki police station was operating illegally, and decided to get the owner to cough up money," a senior police officer said.

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