c. Its sum and substance is that, the complainant therein was working with Suthar Harshadkumar s/o Vishnuprasad, resident of Scrap Market, Latur and he was in service of Chamanda Opticals. The complainant therein had alleged that the owner Shri Suthar had handed over Rs.3,80,000/- to him and his friend Haresh Hambuji Rajput with directions to go to Bombay for purchasing material for the optical shop. Complainant Patel further alleged that on 17.08.2017, two tickets for journey to Mumbai by private bus were booked through Priti Travels. Registration number of the bus was MH-24-AB-4999. Accordingly, Rajput and Patel had boarded the bus from PVR Chowk. However, they were followed by two unknown persons in the said bus. When the bus had reached Zamgaon at around 11.30 p.m., one Ertiga car bearing No. MH-04-2616 intercepted the bus. Two unknown persons alighted from the said car and approaching Patel and Rajput, they introduced themselves as police personnel and took Patel and Rajput out of the bus and forced them to sit in the said car. Thereafter, one of those persons directed handing over of the cash carried by them. Those persons also snatched the amount as well as some gold articles from both Patel and Rajput and further took them to PVR Chowk. Then, they were forced to make a call to the owner Shri Suthar. Thereafter, those two persons informed the owner that they are being taken to Aurangabad. Thus, the cash and gold ornaments, total amounting to Rs.4,55,500/-, was forcibly taken away. In such backdrop, crime no. 276/2017 was registered.
