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Mumbai: The parents of two college students arrested for an alleged attempted robbery at a Ghatkopar jewellery shop said they were stunned to learn about their sons' involvement, insisting the boys were innocent and might have been misled."My son is innocent. I don't believe he could ever go this far. We thought he was going to college every day; I don't know how he fell into this trap," said the father of one of the accused. Another parent, visibly upset, declined to speak to the media.Ghatkopar police on Wednesday evening arrested Tanish Bhaisade (20) and Suraj Yadav (20), both college students, in connection with the attempted robbery at Darshan Jewellers in Amrut Nagar, Ghatkopar West, earlier in the day. The third accused, Chandrakiran Yadav, is on the run. Both arrested accused were produced before the Vikhroli court on Thursday and remanded to police custody till Oct 19. The jeweller, Darshan Metkari, who is admitted in a private hospital said he does not know how he mustered the courage to confront the accused. A senior officer said preliminary investigation suggests the arrested students may have been influenced or coerced by the third accused, Chandrakiran Yadav.
Sources said that as of now, the two arrested are claiming that it was the third accused who had provided the firearm that had been used in the robbery. The two persons arrested for robbery at a jewellery store in Ghatkopar were college students, police said, adding that they suspect that the accused wanted the money for gaming. The two college students, Tanish Bhaisade and Suraj Yadav, both aged 20, were picked up from a gaming zone by the police and produced before a court on Thursday. The d ...Read More >
MUMBAI: A day after three masked college students stormed into a jewellery shop in Ghatkopar, slashed the store owner's throat and fled with gold worth ₹3 lakh, a preliminary probe has revealed that the trio, all in their early 20s, are gaming addicts who allegedly turned to armed robbery to fund their obsession. So far, the police have arrested two suspects, while the third accomplice, who had allegedly procured a pistol for the crime, is still at large. According to the Ghatkopar police, the accused had spent weeks frequenting a gaming parlour in Saki Naka where they plotted the heist. On ...Read More >