Thane: Man arrested for allegedly stealing gold ornaments worth Rs 1.12 crore from jeweller

The Crime Branch in Maharashtras Thane district has arrested a man for allegedly stealing gold ornaments worth Rs 112 crore after deceiving a jeweller and his customers police said on SundayThe accused Rohit Malhari Andhale was taken into custody from Ahilyanagar district a few days ago after a case was registered at the Badlapur East police station an official told news agency PTIAccording to the police Andhale allegedly gained the trust of the owner of Morya Jewellers and the jewellers customers before absconding with gold ornaments valued at Rs 112 croreHis questioning led to the recovery of the entire haul of 865 grams of jewellery the official saidWe arrested Andhale on July 29 and began efforts to recover the stolen ornaments Once the recovery was completed we talked about the case he addedThane crime Man held for allegedly stealing gold jewellery worth Rs 884 lakh from neighbourPolice have arrested a 37yearold man for allegedly stealing gold jewellery worth Rs 884 lakh from his neighbours house in the Diva area of Thane district news agency PTI reported quoting officialsA woman lodged a complaint with the local police on August 3 stating that unidentified burglars had broken into her locked house and stolen gold ornaments valued at Rs 884 lakhPolice registered a first information report FIR and picked up Vivesh Gorivale a neighbour of the complainant for questioning He was arrested after interrogationAccording to an official Gorivale allegedly committed the crime as he urgently needed money to purchase a commercial shopPolice traced the stolen ornaments to a company in Mumbai where they had allegedly been pawned and recovered themMumbai Two held for posing as cops and robbing 18yearold in BorivaliThe Borivali Police in Mumbai have arrested two men within 24 hours for allegedly posing as police officers and robbing an 18yearold of his gold chain in Gorai Borivali WestPolice said the victim was deliberately targeted as one of the accused was acquainted with the complainants friend and allegedly knew about his financial statusThe incident took place on August 10 near the BMC Garden gate close to Akashvani Kendra According to police the complainant Vedant Nayan Mehta was approached by a motorcyclist who claimed to be a police officerThe suspect allegedly struck Mehta on the ear threatened to implicate him in a case related to intoxication and demanded money to settle the matterWhen Mehta refused to pay the accused allegedly snatched a 15gram gold chain from his neck and fled The chain was valued at approximately Rs 2 lakhFollowing the complaint the Borivali Police examined CCTV footage from the Gorai area and conducted technical analysis to identify the suspectsThe investigation led police to Anmol Jadhav and his alleged associates Rohan Umesh Redkar 22 and Virtik Ravindra Singh Chauhan 18Redkar and Chauhan were subsequently detained and questioned During interrogation police allegedly learnt that the robbery was not random and that the complainant had been deliberately targetedPolice said one of the arrested accused was a friend of the complainants friend and was aware of Mehtas financial statusAccording to police the accused allegedly conspired with their associates and planned the robbery after identifying Mehta as a target The alleged conspiracy came to light during interrogation following the arrestsPolice said the stolen gold chain weighing approximately 15 grams and valued at around Rs 2 lakh has been recovered from the arrested accusedThe two men have been booked at Borivali Police Station under relevant Sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita BNS They are currently in police custodyWith PTI inputs