Greater Noida:
A man and his son were arrested on Monday for stealing Rs 1.70 lakh belonging to a company and filing a false complaint that the money was looted, police said.
Kure Sing Yadav, who works as a driver at a company in Bulandshahr, lodged a complaint at Badalpur police station last night stating that two youths on a bike looted from him at gunpoint Rs 1.70 lakh, which he was taking to the company's office, near Chhaprola.
However, after investigations were carried out, it was revealed that Yadav's son Ashish had taken the money to his house after which the false complaint was lodged, police said.
Yadav and his son have been arrested and the cash recovered from them, police said, adding, Yadav confessed to his crime on interrogation.