Gang involved in over 50 offences busted,4 held

“The Anti-Robbery Squad received a tip-off that Sequeira and his gang would be meeting at Kurla on Wednesday evening to rob a jewellery store. A trap was laid accordingly on Lal Bahadur Shastri Marg in Kurla and the four accused were arrested,” said a crime branch officer,who did not wish to be named.

The police have seized a country-made revolver,live rounds,two knives,adhesive tape,and a nylon rope along with a Honda City and Bajaj Avenger bike they had come in. The police have also recovered a photograph of Sequiera in a police uniform sporting the name Vijay Ganesh Pawar and a bogus police ID card,as well as a fake driving licence from Chaugule under the name Mahendra Singh Poonam Singh. Sequiera and Chaugule have over 50 cases registed against them. On being released from jail in March this year,they regrouped and carried out several offences in the city.