Monday, March 29, 2010

Diamond firm staff robbed by 'I-T men'

MUMBAI: The police are investigating a case of robbery in which an employee of a diamond company alleged that three people came in a car with a red beacon on top and robbed diamonds worth Rs 1 crore from him after introducing themselves an income-tax officers at Malad (E) on Sunday.
The complainant, Deepak Lalwani, told cops that the robbers had intercepted his Innova at Datt Mandir Road around 10.45 am while he and another employee of the company and his driver were on their way to their Borivli office with the diamonds. Dindoshi police registered an offence late in the night and recovered an abandoned car used in the crime.
Surprisingly, the Dindoshi police were investigating the matter till late in the night, when they registered the offence, despite the crime occurring in the morning. Senior police officers either refused to comment or were unavailable.

The Dindoshi police did not even inform the control room about the incident till late at night and kept the crime branch in the dark about the case, said a source.

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