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Three arrested for planting IED near school to threaten builder
Updated On: 05 July, 2019 02:45 PM IST | | Anamika Gharat
During the police interrogation, the trio confessed to the crime and revealed that they had planted the IED to threaten and extort money from a builder based in Kalamboli
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On Wednesday, the Navi Mumbai police arrested three men for allegedly planting an improvised explosive device (IED) near the New Sudhagad School at Kalamboli. The three arrested accused were identified as Manish Bhagat (45), Deepak Dandekar (55) and Sushil Sathe (35). The arrested trio confessed to the crime and revealed that they had planned to threaten and extort money from a Kalamboli-based builder.
According to the Navi Mumbai police, the motive of the trio was to threaten and extort money from a Navi Mumbai based builder in Kalamboli, for which they had placed the bomb near his house. Navi Mumbai Commissioner of Police, Sanjay Kumar said, that the trio did not belong to any terrorist group and ruled out the terror angle in this case.
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