His desire to help a person who was asking for a lift proved costly for a truck driver, who was robbed when he stopped. The Mumbai-based driver's mobile phone was looted by a gang of three people on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway on Tuesday. Tanaji Wajir Kalebagh, 54, a resident of BEST Kamgar Vasahat, Ghatkopar, lodged a First Information Report (FIR) against three unidentified persons, with Talegaon police about the crime. The incident took place around 11 pm near Urse Toll naka.

Police Sub-Inspector Vaibhav Sonawane of Talegaon police station who is investigating the case, said, "Tanaji was carrying some plastic powder goods from Mumbai and had to deliver them to a company in Karad. Due to the traffic, he was driving slowly. A person gestured to him and Tanaji stopped thinking he wanted a lift. But then three people including the man who had gestured, entered the truck cabin, snatched his mobile, slapped him repeatedly and fled by climbing the nearby hill."