The Government Railway Police (GRP) stumbled upon a booty at the Lokmanya Tilak Terminus (LTT) at Kurla on Wednesday afternoon. The GRP officials were routinely checking passenger baggage when they found two brothers carrying Rs5.93 lakh of stolen cash, silver biscuits worth Rs55,000, three imported wrist watches worth Rs1.07 lakh and some Israeli currency. The goods and cash, collectively worth Rs7.55 lakh, were concealed in three bags.
“Sudhirkumar Baitha, 31 and his brother Lalitkumar, 19, were booked under Section 353 (assaulting government servant while discharging his duty) of IPC and seized the valuables from them,” said Shivaji Dhumal, senior PI of Kurla GRP station.
Preliminary investigation revealed that the brothers were working as domestic servants with two families residing at Nepeansea Road. Sudhirkumar was working for Shankar Seth and Lalitkumar for LB Shah, a businessman. Shah’s flat was on the 16th floor of the 30-storey Chastis Apartment. Lalitkumar left the job on July 1 when Shah allegedly refused to give him some money in advance.
When Shah left for his native place in Gujarat on July 3, his servant with Sudhirkumar burgled the house.
Taking advantage of heavy rains they entered the house on July 15 around 10pm with the help of the scaffoldings and through the window. The building was under renovation. They broke open the cupboard and collected the valuables and money.
Lalitkumar revealed that they wanted to go back to Aourai, their native village in Muzzafarpur district in Bihar by the Pawan Express. During the checking at LTT, the brothers tried to run away with their bags. Suspecting foul play, assistant sub-inspector C Thombre and his staff nabbed them.
The GRP is cross checking with the Malabar Hill police whether the burglary case is registered with them.
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