13 returning to city robbed on national highway

MUMBAI: Three unidentified men robbed 13 passengers, all residents of a building in Malad (W), travelling in a minibus on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad National Highway at Kasa on Monday night. They were returning from a pilgrimage to Pavagadh and Dakor in Gujarat.
Around 11.30pm, the bus developed a flat tyre. When the driver got off to fix it, one of the robbers held a pistol to his head, while the other two entered the minibus and robbed the seven men and six women of cash and gold collectively worth Rs 3 lakh.The passengers were taking a nap when they were woken up.
The passengers approac8hed the Kasa police, where a case under IPC Section 379 (theft) was registered against unidentified persons.