On Tuesday, the Nashik Police arrested two persons from Ahmedabad for allegedly stealing Rs 21.5 lakh cash from a car here in Maharashtra last month, an official said. The suspects, Munna Jaisingh Rathod alias Sisodia, and Ravi Bachhu Indrekar were picked up on Monday on a tip-off from Kuber Nagar area by crime branch sleuths, DCP Amol Tambe told reporters.

He said that the police had recovered Rs 12 lakh cash from the duo while two others involved in the crime are absconding. A court in Nashik has remanded Sisodia and Indrekar to police custody till July 12. The incident occurred on June 28 in Chinchban locality when a motorcycle brushed past a car forcing its driver to apply brakes, the DCP said.