Maharashtra: Family on way to Osmanabad robbed of cash & valuables

PUNE: A family-of-four travelling in a car to Osmanabad from Mumbai was robbed of cash and valuables, totally worth Rs46,000, by four criminals brandishing sharp weapons on the highway to Solapur near Indapur, about 140km from the city, on Tuesday early morning.
The Indapur police said the complainant, Ankush Kale (25), suffered a cut on his hand while trying to resist the robbers by holding the blade of a sharp weapon.The Kale family hails from Osmanabad district. Ankush and his brother currently stay in Mumbai and regularly travel to Osmanabad by road.
Senior inspector Narayan Sarangkar of the Indapur police said, “Ankush’ father is paralytic. On Monday night, Ankush, his brother and his parents left Mumbai for Osmanabad. They reached Indapur around 3am. Ankush stopped the car near a restaurant on the highway as his father wanted to answer nature’s call. The two siblings spent more than half-an-hour to help their father relieve himself. The suspects took advantage of this situation.”
The officer said, “The suspects threatened the Kale family with dire consequences and robbed Rs20,000, gold ornaments weighing around 2 tolas, a wrist watch and a debit card from them. Before leaving, the suspects removed the car’s keys. When Ankush requested them not to take them away as his father was not well, they threw it under the car and told him to search for it.”
Sarangkar said, “As it was dark, Ankush could not find the keys. He tried to stop the vehicles passing by, but no one halted. A motorcycle rider finally took Ankush to a hospital. The hospital authorities informed the police,” Sarangkar said.
He said the police then brought the family to the police station. “We informed their relatives, who reached Indapur with a spare key of the car as Ankush could not find the keys thrown away by the robbers,” the officer said.