The Dindoshi police apprehended a 30-year-old woman and her boyfriend on Thursday for allegedly assaulting and robbing the cash counter of a restaurant in Goregaon East at knifepoint.

The suspect, identified as Saraswati Pillai, along with her boyfriend Sohail Hussain Shaikh (22), were taken into custody. Pillai had recently been released on bail from Byculla prison after serving sentence for three years for a similar offense.