Overview

• Crime Branch Unit-4 in Pimpri-Chinchwad arrested three men for allegedly robbing two elderly women at knifepoint on September 7, seizing 127 grams of gold and a Honda City used in the crime.
• Police say the women accepted a ride near Wakad bridge and were driven to the new Katraj tunnel, where their ornaments were taken at knifepoint before the suspects fled.
• Free Press Journal reports the seized goods at Rs 14.17 lakh with the jewellery valued at Rs 8.47 lakh, while The Indian Express cites Rs 5.7 lakh for 127 grams, reflecting differing valuations.
• Panvel Crime Branch Unit-3 arrested three suspects on September 17 for a September 14 knifepoint robbery of a cement bulker driver near the Kalamboli signal, with the trio remanded to police custody until September 20.
• In a separate Panvel case, Unit-3 detained a jewellery-store driver who confessed to staging a robbery and returned Rs 5.90 lakh in ornaments and cash he had hidden in his scooter.