'I-T' men in Rs1.3-cr diamond heist held in Mumbai

Mumbai: A sensational robbery case involving the theft of diamonds worth Rs 1.30crore by men posing as Income Tax officers was cracked by the Mumbai Crime Branch. Seven persons were arrested on Thursday.The arrested have been identified as kingpin Pravin Parab alias Bala, Govind Mankar, Ramesh Shinde, Harpreet Singh, Amardeep Singh, Gagandeep Chauhan and Rahul Jaiswal.

They were arrested on the basis of a complaint filed by Deepak Lalwani, who works in KGK Diamonds. According to joint commissioner of police, crime, Himanshu Roy, Lalwani was accosted on March 28 by five persons posing as I-T officers.

A case of dacoity, kidnapping with arms was registered with the Dindoshi police. The number plate of their escape vehicle was traced to someone who had nothing to do with the case.A team of senior inspector Milind Khetle, assistant inspectors Sandeep Vishwasrao and Vijay Kandadgaonkar nabbed the culprits. “We have recovered diamonds worth Rs1.16 crore, charas, a pistol and four live rounds,” Roy said.