Two held,hunt on for main accused

Within 48 hours after the theft came to light,cops arrested two persons in the case – an employee of the company Ditin Dinesh Potraeel (28),a resident of Tupe chawl in Vidyavihar colony in Hadapsar and his friend Rajeev Rohidas Kharat (28),a resident of Mahatma Phule Vasahat in Hadapsar.

Sanjay Jadhav,deputy commissioner of police (Zone IV) said,“As the duplicate keys were used in the theft,we were tracing the link of someone from the office giving the keys for duplicating them. As the inquiries of the suspects was on,one of the constables Fabian Samson found Potraeel’s behavior a bit abnormal. After persistent questioning heconfessed to the crime. We then arrested Kharat and recovered the cash from his house.”

The prime suspect and the master mind behind the case is yet to be arrested. Jadhav said,“We are yet to arrest the prime suspect who is an employee of the same company and had been to Dubai in the past. It was him who lured Potraeel and forced him to get involved.” Police said,to mislead the police in the investigation,the accused had sprinkled red chilli powder all over the office. V T Pawar,assistant commissioner of police Wanawadi division said,“Usually robbers use red chilli powder to harm people. To make us believe that this was done was someone outside,the suspects used this trick. We had even taken samples of red chilli powder from every house we inquired.”