3.6cr cash stolen from Guj bizman recovered
Tirupati: Marripadu police in Nellore district busted a well planned heist and recovered 3.6 crore belonging to a Ahmedabad-based businessman.
The cops found a car abandoned in the town outskirts along the Kolkata-Chennai national highway on Thursday.
Police found that the vehicle was owned by a businessman from Ahmedabad in Gujarat.
He told the cops that he was transporting 4.5 crore in his car from New Delhi to Chennai for business-related purposes, and that he had entrusted the responsibility to one of his staff and the vehicle driver.
The police were also informed that the GPS of the vehicle was cut off after the vehicle had reached Nellore district, and that both the staffer and the vehicle driver had switched off their mobile phones.
The cops inspected the vehicle and found secret lockers inside. Then, they launched a manhunt for the accused, and arrested four suspects on Saturday. Out of 4.5 crore that was stolen from the vehicle, the police recovered 3.6 crore.
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