Cops prepare sketches in Santa Cruz robbery case

MUMBAI: The Santa Cruz police are preparing identity sketches of the three men who assaulted a jewellery salesman at a crowded street and robbed him of jewellery on Saturday. The victim, Mahavir Parikh, is now stable. The police have not been able to ascertain the value of the jewellery stolen. No arrests have been made yet.
Parikh (39), a resident of Andheri (E), was attacked outside Shabri restaurant on Tilak Road near the Santa Cruz railway station.The accused-trio arrived in an auto and threatened Parikh with a chopper and revolver. They attacked him with the chopper, injuring his left thigh, before snatching his bag of jewellery. They then forced the auto driver, Ramesh Pandit (29), out and decamped with his vehicle.
“We are trying to trace the auto as we have the registration number. We have recorded the statements of Pandit and Parikh and the description of the offenders,” said a senior official. Parikh is recuperating at the Asha Parekh Hospital.