Overview
- Vile Parle police arrested four men during a staged cash handover at Lokmanya Tilak/Kurla Terminus and recovered the Rs 5 lakh ransom bag.
- The jeweller received WhatsApp threats from February 12, with a demand of Rs 20 lakh later negotiated over a voice call to Rs 5 lakh.
- Officers say the accused named two men in Dhanbad, identified as Imtiaz and Wasir, as the handlers directing the operation.
- The arrested suspects were identified as Deepak Narendra Dangol, Faizan Firoz Khan, Majid Sajid Khan and Sahil Ilyaz Shaikh.
- A case was registered under relevant Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita sections, the four were remanded to police custody until February 21, and investigators are probing who supplied the victim’s contact.