Maharashtra: Doctor looted by burglers pretending to be patients; 3 arrested
Yavatmal: Three persons have been arrested for allegedly robbing a doctor of cash and jewellery in Maharashtra's Yavatmal district.
The three had visited the house of the doctor late night on June 2 on the pretext of getting a patient examined. "When the doctor opened the door of his house, the trio, with one of them brandishing a knife, looted cash and jewellery. A case was registered with Mahagaon police station the next day. The probe was later handed over to the Yavatmal Crime Branch," an official said.
A Crime Branch team led by assistant inspector Nilesh Shelke made the arrests from Pusad on Sunday and seized a motorcycle and two mobiles for the accused, he said.
"The cash and jewellery looted from the victim has not been recovered and efforts are on in this connection," Crime Branch chief Pradeep Siraskar said.
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Medical Dialogues had earlier reported that a doctor had filed a complaint against four unknown perpetrators who allegedly looted him on gunpoint while pretending to be patients in need of medical assistance
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