Police said that 29-year-old victim Viraj Patel, who is a distant relative of a prominent Congress Rajya Sabha MP and a political advisor to the Congress party president, was on his way back to the city after visiting Sai Baba temple in Shirdi when the incident took place.u00a0

According to the police, Patel in his complaint said that the driver made away with his mobile phone, an iPad, US dollars and some Indian currency when they halted near Pune railway station.