Nerul banker, wife robbed on way to Nagpur; 2 held

AURANGABAD: A couple from Nerul in Navi Mumbai was robbed of cash and jewellery totally worth around Rs 1 lakh by three men on the Beed-bypass near Aurangabad city around nine days back and the complaint was registered only on Sunday.
Soon after receiving the complaint, Aurangabad city police swung into action and took two suspects into their custody and recovered 4.5gm gold jewellery of the couple.
The complainant, Prashant Shirbhate, orignally hails from Nagpur and is posted in a public sector bank in Nerul. He was heading to his home town in a car with his wife and daughter when the incident happened.
According to police, Shirbhate took a brief halt on the Beed-bypass because his daughter was feeling unwell. The three suspects, astride a motorcycle, approached the family and threatened them with dire consequences.
The criminals then snatched the family’s belongings, including Rs 12,000 cash, a couple of gold bangles and a gold ring and escaped under the cover of darkness.
“A shocked Shirbhate drove for a while before halting in the limits of Aurangabad rural police, who refused to register an offence while citing that it was not their jurisdiction. The then banker went to Nagpur and lodged a complaint through email, which landed at the Mukundwadi police station and it was shared with the crime branch,” MIDC Cidco police station inspector Vitthale Pote told TOI on Monday.
The officer said the complainant was requested to personally come to Aurangabad so that the exact spot of incident could be identified for registering offence with the area police station.
“While heading back to Mumbai on Sunday, Shirbhate stopped at Aurangabad and took police to the scene of the crime, following which his statement was recorded and an offence of robbery registered,” he said.
Inspector Pote said that the two suspects were recently arrested for robbing commuters and sent to judicial custody. “We moved an application seeking their custody. Under interrogation, the duo confessed to robbing the banker and his wife,” he added.