Overview
- The Pune-based complainant was lured to Kalyan with a promise to swap Rs 5 lakh for Rs 7 lakh in higher-denomination currency.
- The robbers arrived near Vitthalwadi railway station in an SUV, impersonated police personnel, and fled with the cash.
- Within five hours, officers intercepted an SUV at Somatane Phata toll naka on the old Mumbai–Pune highway and arrested four suspects.
- Four more suspects were later detained near the Ahilyanagar–Shirdi road, bringing the total arrests to eight.
- Investigators seized Rs 2.36 lakh, two SUVs, and nine mobile phones, and registered a case on February 27 at Kolsewadi police station under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.