Thane Sep 28 PTI Police have arrested a womans sister and two other relatives for allegedly stealing Rs 1085 lakh cash from her house in Maharashtras Thane district an official said on Tuesday The incident took place on September 4 after the victim had sold her house and kept the cash at her present residence in Mumbra town here She lodged a police complaint alleging that some unidentified persons broke into her house and stole the money Mumbra police stations senior police inspector Madhukar Kad said The police on September 6 registered a case against unidentified persons under Indian Penal Code Sections 380 theft and 454 lurking house-trespass or house-breaking in order to commit an offence he said They checked the CCTV footage of the area and subsequently arrested one of the accused identified as the victims brother-in-law On the day of the incident the arrested accused had made a WhatsApp call to someone and later deleted the record from his mobile phone The police sent the phone for forensic testing which revealed that he had made the call to his wife who is the sister of the complainant the official said After further probe into the case the police on September 22 arrested the complainants sister and the next day nabbed her uncle for their involvement in the theft he said They also recovered Rs 935 lakh out of the stolen cash from the accused he added PTI COR GK GK

Noida Aug 25 PTI Four people have been arrested for their alleged involvement in a dacoity here police said on Wednesday Arif Mohmmad Firdaus Kafeel and Mohsin have been accused of holding hostage security guards to commit dacoity at a private companys office Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police Central Noida Ankur Aggarwal said the incident was reported early on Saturday at Phase 2 police station An FIR was lodged on the basis of a complaint made by the companys HR manager who claimed that a few persons barged into their office and decamped with valuable items and a money locker Police said it was considered a case of theft and trespassing initially and later taken up as dacoity after evidence gathered through CCTV footage and information from locals revealed its severity The FIR was initially lodged under Indian Penal Code Sections 380 theft and 457 tresspassing but Section 495 dacoity was added later as investigation revealed that the accused persons had held security guards hostage in order to get into the company premises Aggarwal said Four of the accused involved in the dacoity have been arrested today while some others who have been identified are absconding but efforts are on to ensure their arrest the officer said Four metal-made idols that were taken away from the company along with Rs 50000 cash a money locker and other items have been recovered while the car used by them during the crime has also been impounded police added PTI KIS MGA MGA