Man held for robbing businesswoman of valuables in Navi Mumbai

Man held for robbing businesswoman of valuables in Navi Mumbai

Man held for robbing businesswoman of valuables in Navi Mumbai

THANE: Police have arrested a 35-year-old man for allegedly robbing a businesswoman from Navi Mumbai in Maharashtra of Rs 30,000 and other valuables after threatening her, an official said on Sunday.

The man went to the woman's house at Ghansoli in Navi Mumbai, where he earlier worked as a cook and driver, on the night of August 14 and forced her at "gunpoint" to transfer Rs 30,000 to his account. He also took away her gold chain weighing 15 gm, senior inspector Sanjeev Dhumal of Rabale police station said.

When the woman raised an alarm, the accused fled from the spot, he said.