Overview
- The victim was forced into a car by three men and a woman near Old Hanuman Galli on October 14 and confined in a Parel flat, where he was assaulted.
- The assailants coerced him to hand over 591 grams of gold worth about Rs 76.23 lakh, transferred Rs 15,000 via UPI, and sign a cheque for Rs 2.99 lakh, totaling roughly Rs 79.37 lakh.
- LT Marg police arrested Tarak Maiti, Raghunath Maiti, Deepak Mahadik, Alka Mahadik, Rahul Dive, and Sunil Gorai, and said the case stems from a dispute over a previous gold deal.
- Officers recovered the gold and cash from the accused, registered an FIR under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita provisions including sections 140 and 61, and produced the suspects in court.
- All six have been remanded to police custody until October 18, and investigators say they are searching for at least one additional suspect.