Construction firm staffer held for staging abduction,robbery

“There were discrepancies every time he narrated the purported crime. He confessed to having staged the robbery,” said Additional Commissioner of Police (South Region) Krishna Prakash.

Police have found that the father-in-law of the accused became an unwitting accomplice,after the accused convinced him to hide the bag containing the money by lying to him about its contents.

Police said More has been working for Soham Builders,Thane,for the past nine years. On Monday,More called the police control room saying he was ferrying Rs 55 lakh of his employer’s money to south Mumbai. He claimed he was forced into a Mahindra Bolero near Qutbe Kokni Makhdoom Ali Mahimi flyover on Monday.

He claimed he was robbed of the bag containing the money and was confined in the moving vehicle for four hours before being released in Khetwadi around 10.30 pm on Monday.

More,in his confession,reportedly said he left his office along with a driver and a chartered accountant and picked up the money in Malabar Hill,after which the driver and the accountant left. He went to his father-in-law Dilip Yadav’s residence in Dombivli and told Yadav that there had been an income tax raid in his office and that the bag contained important documents that should be hidden. Yadav left with the money for his native Ratnagiri and More went to Khetwadi,after which he called the police control room.

“More has been ferrying money for his employer for the past nine years,but was always accompanied by someone else. This time,as he was alone,he decided to take the opportunity. The money has been recovered from his father-in-law,” said Prakash.