Overview
- The 42-year-old Mira Road resident was taken from a Bandra bar and confined at a house in Vile Parle before being rescued.
- The victim’s wife alerted authorities and, working with Juhu police, helped trace shifting cash-drop directions across Irla, Andheri and Vile Parle.
- Those arrested include Viju Manikam Swami alias Tammi Anna, his relatives Jaya, Suhas and Priyanshu Bagwe, and driver Prashant Bhausaheb Jadhav.
- An FIR records that Rs 1.85 lakh, an iPhone and a watch worth Rs 35,000 were taken during the assault, with another report citing roughly Rs 2 lakh.
- Khar police registered offences under multiple Bharatiya Nyaya Samhita sections, and the accused were produced in court and remanded to police custody.