Mumbai: Four unidentified persons impersonated as officials from the Enforcement Directorate raided a businessman's office in Mumbai's Zaveri Bazaar area and took Rs 25 lakhs cash and 3 kg gold worth Rs 1.70 crores from the office. Two people have been detained by Mumbai's LT Marg police in the case.
A case has been registered against all four under Section 394, 506 (2), and 120 B of IPC at the Lokmanya Tilak Marg Police Station, while the two detained are under interrogation. The police are also trying to identify the remaining two accused from CCTV footage in the victim's office premises.
Police sources said that to add authenticity to the act, the accused also handcuffed and raided an employee at the office of the complainant businessman. They then stole Rs 25 lakh cash and three kg of gold from the office. The total cost of this gold has been estimated to be rupees one crore seven million.
The police have so far managed to access CCTV footage from the building where the complainant businessman's office is located, as well as the nearby shops and complexes in the area. The incident has raised concerns among several traders and businessmen who have their offices located in the surrounding areas of the popular Zaveri market in Mumbai.
This is the first case of bogus ED officers raiding Mumbai's Zaveri Bazar area and looting crores of rupees. Earlier, a similar group of thieves has looted a trader in the same area by posing as officials from the Income Tax Department.
