Mumbai Police arrest five for robbing jeweller, his wife at gunpoint; valuables worth Rs 1.43 cr recovered

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Mumbai Police has apprehended five persons for the alleged armed robbery of a jeweler and his wife, during which gold valuables worth Rs 1.43 crore were stolen.

The incident occurred in the Vakola area of suburban Santacruz on January 19, newswire PTI reported. The arrested persons include Balusingh Bhairavsingh Parmar (20), a former employee of the jeweller, and Mahiparl Changram Singh (21) from Palghar district, while Lerulal alias Lucky Mithalal Bhil (21), Mangilal Mithalal Bhil (28) and Kailash Bharalal Bhil (19) were arrested from Rajasthan.

According to Mumbai police, Balusingh reached his former employer Naresh Solanki's flat with the other accused. He was allowed to enter the apartment as he was acquainted with the couple.

The accused beat up the couple and threatened them at gunpoint before decamping with gold jewellery worth Rs 1.43 crore from the apartment, the official said.

Based on CCTV footage and other technical evidence, the police zeroed in on the accused and recovered a country-made pistol and the stolen valuables, which they had buried in a forest in Palghar, he said.

A case under section 394 (voluntarily causing hurt in committing robbery) and other relevant provisions of the Indian Penal Code has been registered, he added.

Meanwhile, a 32-year-old woman in Maharashtra's Thane district has filed a police complaint of cheating and cruelty against her husband after he allegedly did not inform her that he was undergoing treatment for impotency, an official said on Monday.

The couple tied the knot on June 8 last year in Nashik.

The woman in her complaint said sometime after their marriage, she stumbled upon medical documents revealing that her 40-year-old husband was undergoing treatment for impotency, the official from Khadakpada police station said.

Upon confrontation, the man confessed to concealing about his medical condition before getting married, the woman said in her complaint.

Based on her complaint, the police on Friday registered a case against her husband under Indian Penal Code sections 420 (cheating) and 498A (husband or relative of husband of a woman subjecting her to cruelty), the official said.

A probe was on into the case, he added. (With inputs from PTI)