Mumbai: Three history-sheeters arrested for robbing senior citizen in Mulund

Mulund police arrested three history-sheeters for robbing a senior citizen.

Three men have been arrested for robbing a 60-year-old senior citizen at a knife point in Mulund, a police official said on Saturday.

The accused have been identified as Ramesh Jaiswal (44) and his younger brother Naresh Jaiswal (39) as well as Dattaram Bangade (49).

The robbers had robbed 60-year-old Madhukar Dalvi while he was returning home after visiting a post office. One of the accused had approached the senior citizen and kept him busy talking while the other two rushed towards him and robbed him of 44-gram gold ornaments and cash. While the accused have been remanded to police custody till September 25, the cops suspect that the trio has done similar offences in Mumbai and nearby areas.

According to the police, on September 8, while Dalvi, a Thane resident was returning from the Mulund post office in the afternoon, an unknown person waved hands at him and approached him. The person asked whether Dalvi was able to recongise him or not. While Dalvi couldn't remember and denied knowing him, within a few seconds, two more persons approached him and flashed a knife at him.

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"On September 8, they had robbed Dalvi of Rs 1.87 lakh in cash and gold. They threatened him of stabbing and asked him to remove the gold ornaments and money from his pocket. Dalvi gave away 22-gram golden bracelet, 15-gram golden necklace, 7-gram golden ring, and Rs 2,000 cash," said a police officer from Mulund police station.

The trio run away from the spot after robbing Dalvi. The 60-year-old victim rushed to Mulund police station and registered an offence against the unknown persons under IPC section 392 (robbery), 506 (criminal intimidation) and 34 (common intention).

After checking CCTV footage from the area, cops got photos of the three accused who approached Dalvi. The police also posted posters of the accused around Mulund so that residents would identify and give them a tip-off.

On September 20, police received a tip-off that the trio are hiding in a lodge at Mahape near Shil Phata Road. A team of Mulund cops raided the place and nabbed the suspect. An identification parade was carried out and Dalvi identified the accused.

Kantilal Kothimbire, Senior Inspector of Mulund police station, said, "The accused have done a similar crime in Mumbai or nearby areas, the detailed interrogation may give us more inputs about their crimes."

"Till now the trio has done more than 100 cases of this nature and were targeting senior citizens, particularly on the pretext of approaching and asking "pehchane nahi kya". All three accused were jailed in previous offences and had come out two months ago. Since then they have committed 20 offences. They are active in Mumbai, Thane and Navi Mumbai. Further probe into their network and activities is underway," said Prashant Kadam, DCP (ZONE 7).

Cops have recovered property worth Rs 14.85 lakh from them.