Summary:
Thane, Oct 15 (PTI) Two people have been booked for allegedly filing a false police complaint about a Rs 78 lakh robbery in Bhiwandi in Thane district, police said on Friday.
On October 3.
a 21-year-old man and his employer had lodged a complaint in Narpoli police station that four people stopped the former and an associate at Kamathghar-Anjur Phata and took away at knife-point Rs 78 lakh cash they were carrying, Senior Inspector Maloji Shinde said.
"The cash was from the trade collection, the 21-year-old man and his employer had told police at the time.
A probe revealed the complaint was fake.
It was found that the 21-year-old man"s associate owed Rs 20 lakh to the employer.