Updated On: 02 September, 2022 08:24 AM IST | Mumbai | Diwakar Sharma
Father-son duo and criminal from Ahmednagar brains behind crime committed at Pelhar on Mum-Ahd highway, say cops

Mira-Bhayandar Crime Branch team with seven accused who led them to two others. Pic/Hanif Patel
The Mira Bhayandar Vasai Virar police have arrested nine alleged dacoits on the charge of stealing steel rods worth nearly R4 lakh from a company’s warehouse on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad highway. The cops said they cracked the case in less than 2 days. The mastermind in this case is a father-son duo and an Ahmednagar-based criminal, said the police.
Around 3.20 am on August 27, eight dacoits entered the warehouse of the steel manufacturing and exporting company at Pelhar. “They robbers assaulted the security guards and tied them up. They had also brought along a tempo. They left the premises at 4.25 am with steel rods worth R4 lakh,” said a Crime Branch officer.