NAVI MUMBAI: The NRI Coastal Police on Friday arrested the van driver of Securitrans India Pvt Ltd, who had decamped with Rs 82.50 lakh in cash, while the agency staff had gone to an ATM kiosk in Ulwe to deposit cash at around 8.20 pm on Wednesday. The police could recover only Rs 41,800 from the accused.
Ravindra Patil, senior inspector of NRI coastal police station in Belapur, said, “The accused van driver, Sandeep Dalvi (35), a resident of Koparkhairane, was apprehended from near Panvel railway station on Friday morning. The Vashi JMFC court has remanded him to police custody till April 20. Out of the Rs 82.50 lakh stolen by Dalvi, we have recovered only Rs 41,800 cash from his possession. Dalvi has claimed that he has given the remaining cash to two of his friends. The police are looking for them.”