Overview

• Victim Yogesh Patel, an angadia runner, was abducted in Bhuleshwar on June 21 evening after four men posing as police officers brandished a knife
• The kidnappers removed his SIM card, warned him against returning to Mumbai and dumped him in Kharghar after stealing a bag containing ₹50 lakh
• Police apprehended five suspects—Ajay Balkrishna Lokhande, Revansiddh Rajaram Jawade, Sagar Damodar Jadhav, Vikas Ankush Dehale and Dilip Kashinath Dhekale—from Pune, Satara, Thane
• Officers recovered ₹39 lakh, the Swift Dzire sedan used in the crime and a knife during coordinated raids
• All five have been remanded in custody until June 26 as Mumbai’s Lokmanya Tilak Marg station leads further investigations