Rs 2-cr heist: Cops have major lead based on vehicle number

Two days after a vegetable trader was robbed by six armed persons, including one woman, of Rs 2.09 crore in Vashi, the Navi Mumbai police have a major lead in the case and have the residential address of one of the accused.

The robbery took place at an APMC vegetable dealer Arun Menkudale's house on Friday in which cash and jewellery worth Rs 2.09 crore were robbed at gunpoint within 15 minutes. The robbers posed as courier staff to gain entry into the house.

According to the police, four teams have been formed and the police have CCTV footage of the accused. An officer claimed that they have identified two persons from the footage and have the registration number of the vehicle in which they fled.

The police claim that the robbery was pre-planned and the accused may have acted on a tip-off. "We are on the lookout for them and the arrests will be made in a day or two if everything turned out to be according to our plans," said a senior police officer.