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7-month-old robbery case solved: Cops
The cantonment police claimed to have cracked a seven-month-old case of robbery with the recent arrest of six men. The police have recovered some cash and two mobile phones from the accused.

According to police, the accused had allegedly robbed a businessman, Shirish Nahar, in December 1998. Investigations revealed that one of the accused, Dattatreya Jadhav would monitor Nahar8217;s deposit of his daily cash collection with the camp branch of the Cosmos Bank.

Jadhav and his accomplices formulated a plan and cornered Nahar on December 15. They threatened him and after throwing chilli powder in his eyes robbed him of Rs 1,90,000. Nahar subsequently lodged an FIR with the cantonment police. The case was handed over to head constables Nandu Yende and Vilas Rapure of the detection branch of the cantonment police station who traced Jadhav.