3 cops arrested for luring Mumbai businessman with land offer and looting Rs 40 lakh

Mumbai | Saturday | 7th January, 2017

Summary:

NAVI MUMBAI: Three police personnel attached to the Raigad district police head office in Alibaug were arrested on Friday in connection with a Rs 40-lakh dacoity and abduction of a Mumbai businessman. During a hearing at Alibaug sessions court on Friday, a lawyer of the accused argued the cops were innocent and asked why if the businessman was carrying Rs 50 lakh with him, only Rs 40 lakh was looted. "The businessman said around six unidentified men stopped them, forced them to go to another spot on the Pen-Alibaug road and looted Rs 40 lakh in new Rs 2,000 notes," said Sonake. "The arrests from the police HQ have shocked many of the policemen's colleagues. We cannot divulge the details of the police investigation..