Pune:
Six persons who robbed the owner of the famous Kayani Bakery in Pune of Rs 21 lakh by posing as CBI officials, have been arrested, police said today.
The incident took place on Sunday when 59-year-old Sohrab Kayani was duped by a gang of fake CBI agents, who allegedly conducted searches after a tip-off that the businessmen had hidden Rs 100 crore for a hawala deal at his residence in the city.
The robbers then fled with the money under the pretext of sealing the house, police said.
The accused have been identified as: Sunil Kasbe, Manish Oza, Pramod Rathod, Rajesh Shirke, Atul Patankar and Nilesh Sonawane, Senior Police Inspector Ram Pathare from Swargate police station said.
Five of them were arrested from Thane. Sonawane, a former employee of Kayani Bakery, allegedly masterminded the plan.
A car, fake CBI identity cards, and Rs 5.2 lakh was seized from the accused, police said.
Police claimed the robbers confessed that they got inspired by Neeraj Pandey's recent Hindi movie 'Special 26', for committing the crime.