THANE: Police have arrested a driver for allegedly cooking up a false story that his tempo loaded with fans worth over Rs 10 lakh was robbed between Navi Mumbai and Bhandup in Mumbai, although a probe later revealed that he himself had stored the stock, an official said on Thursday.
The driver, Ishtiak Ahmed Arshadali Ansari (30) and his associate Tasmim Akhlak Ahmed Shaikh (23), both from Bhiwandi in Thane district, were arrested on Wednesday and the stock of fans was recovered along with the tempo from suburban Bhandup, senior inspector of the Crime unit- I, Anil Deshmukh (Thane police commissionerate), said.