Offence registered in Rs 2.25 crore loot case

VADODARA: The police registered an FIR after a Bharuch-based businessman was looted of Rs 2.25 crore allegedly by Vishal alias Vicky Kahar, Kiran Chauhan and eight other unidentified persons on November 19.
Milin Shah, who is in the business of supplying labourers, had given an application to Bapod police on Friday but the police had not filed an FIR. However, the cops filed an official complaint late Friday night.According to the police, Kahar sat in Shah’s car and took him and his accountant towards Ajwa to exchange old currency notes. On the way Kahar’s accomplices stopped the car in which the trio were going with cash in demonetised of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes.
Kahar then told Shah that he is a cop from crime branch and his accomplices are from press. Shah and his accountant then had a scuffle with Kahar after which Kahar then took out a gun and threatened them. The gang then took Shah and his accountant to Nimeta. There, they told the duo that since they are from crime branch, they want to check Shah’s car. On seeing the cash, Kahar said that the cash is from illegal source and pointed gun towards Shah. The other accused took out knives and took Rs 50 lakh from Shah’s money.
Cops said that they again took the duo in their car and dropped on the way and fled away with remaining cash Rs 1.75 crore. Police has however not been able to know the source from where Shah had got Rs 2.25 crore. “We have questioned Shah about the source of the money but he has not yet revealed the details,” said S V Parmar, deputy commissioner of police, Zone 4.