Days after two men allegedly robbed an Ahmedabad-based businessman of Rs 26.7 lakh in the Navrangpura area; police arrested one of the accused and recovered Rs 8 lakh from him on Thursday.
According to police, on April 22, two unidentified men on scooty forcibly stopped a car near Hariom Restaurant in Navrangpura. They then picked up a fight with the driver claiming that the car hit a bike rider a few kilometres away from the location.
As the two parties were having a heated argument, one of the accused managed to pick up a bag inside the car which contained Rs 26.7 lakh cash.
On Thursday, the Detection of Crime Branch team of Ahmedabad Police arrested Pratik alias Pratik Langdo (32), a resident of Kubernagar and seized Rs 8 lakh cash from him.