A gang of five men, who ‘raided’ a house of a real estate businessman at Sanjaynagar posing as sleuths from the Income Tax Department and made away with ₹3.5 lakh in cash and a licensed pistol, has been arrested.
On January 23, at about 8.45 a.m., the five men all formally attired, knocked on the door of the businessman’s house and flashed ID cards while claiming to be with the
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The police tracked down the gang based on CCTV camera footage from the area. “All five of them are in the real estate business and work as brokers. The victim’s father, also a real estate businessman, had recently died and they knew him, prompting them to hatch the plan,” the police said. The police have now recovered the pistol and ₹1.7 lakh in cash.
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