Vadodara:
A group of persons, posing as policemen, disappeared with gold worth more than Rs 80 lakh from two bus passengers near here, an official said on Tuesday.
The incident took place at Varnama village on National Highway No 8 four days ago, while a complaint was lodged yesterday.
Talking to PTI, District Superintendent of Police Gagandeep Gambhir said "the two passengers, carrying 18 kgs of gold in form of bars, were on their way to Nashik in North Maharashtra from Ahmedabad in a bus."
A group of persons, claiming to be policemen, stopped the bus at Vernama and started checking passengers in the name of security, he said.
After finding gold with these two passengers, they asked for bills in support of their claims. The duo produced the bills and necessary papers, but the robbers were not ready to accept them.
They demanded Rs 25 lakh to settle the issue, but the duo offered to pay only Rs 1 lakh. The fake policemen, whose number was not known, then disappeared with gold worth Rs 80 lakh, Gambhir added.
A case of cheating has been lodged and a police team dispatched to Ahmedabad as part of the probe, he added.
The incident took place at Varnama village on National Highway No 8 four days ago, while a complaint was lodged yesterday.
Talking to PTI, District Superintendent of Police Gagandeep Gambhir said "the two passengers, carrying 18 kgs of gold in form of bars, were on their way to Nashik in North Maharashtra from Ahmedabad in a bus."
A group of persons, claiming to be policemen, stopped the bus at Vernama and started checking passengers in the name of security, he said.
After finding gold with these two passengers, they asked for bills in support of their claims. The duo produced the bills and necessary papers, but the robbers were not ready to accept them.
They demanded Rs 25 lakh to settle the issue, but the duo offered to pay only Rs 1 lakh. The fake policemen, whose number was not known, then disappeared with gold worth Rs 80 lakh, Gambhir added.
A case of cheating has been lodged and a police team dispatched to Ahmedabad as part of the probe, he added.
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