Pune: Four posing as cops rob Chinchwad man of Rs 1 lakh

PUNE: Posing as policemen, four men robbed valuables worth Rs 1.02 lakh from a house at Dattanagar in Chinchwad early on Friday.
The suspects also damaged a glass showcase and television set before decamping with the booty.
The houseowner, Sundar Vilas Ovhal (48), later visited the police station only to discover that police had not ‘raided’ his house.
According to the complainant, the incident took place around 3 am when the members of the house were fast asleep. The suspects knocked on the door frantically, claiming that they were policemen.
Senior police inspector Milind Waghare of Pimpri police station said, “The complainant said that the suspects barged into the house and checked the cupboards and took out cash and jewellery worth Rs 1.20 lakh. One of the suspects damaged the television set with a sharp weapon.”