NRI robbed near airport in Mumbai
Mumbai, March 7, 2006
PTI
An NRI hotelier from Bangalore was allegedly robbed
of cash and valuables worth Rs 11.50 lakh by a taxi
driver and his associates in suburban Santa Cruz.
Aarakant Sreedhar Kumar (26), who owns a hotel in
Bangalore and was to proceed for Canada, had arrived
at the Santa Cruz airport on Monday evening and hired
a taxi to reach an acquaintance's place at Lokhandwala
complex in suburban Andheri, police said.
Instead of taking him to Lokhandwala, the taxi driver
took him to Andheri-Kurla link road and asked Kumar
to get down, police said.
Meanwhile, three persons arrived in a car and robbed
Kumar of his luggage and valuables, before escaping
along with the taxi driver, police said, adding that
they took away three luggage bags, a diamond ring,
a laptop, $20,000, a wrist watch and a passport, all
estimated to be Rs 11.50 lakh.
DCP Shashikant Shinde said that the statement of
Kumar has been recorded and search was on for the
taxi driver.
