Margao: Maina-Curtorim police on Thursday arrested the main accused in an abduction and robbery case. He was nabbed through technical surveillance in Davangere, Karnataka, nearly a month after the crime was registered.The arrested accused, Nilesh Bhimrao Jadhav, 53, a resident of Akola, Maharashtra, allegedly posed as an Enforcement Directorate officer to lure the complainant.According to the complaint filed by Ashok Kumar, 56, a resident of Borda, Fatorda, on March 24, Jadhav and his associates — Balram Shetty, Ajit and an unidentified person — abducted Ashok from outside Canara Bank, Macazana, Salcete. The accused took Ashok in his own car to an isolated location in Karwar, Karnataka, where they threatened him with death and robbed Rs 3 lakh in cash from his vehicle.A case was registered at Maina-Curtorim police station on April 1 under Sections 205, 140(3), 351(3), 308(5) and 309(4), read with 3(5) of BNS, 2023. One accused, Ajit Kumar Kattimani, 34, a resident of Aquem, Margao, and a native of Kumbharwada, Bidar, Karnataka, was arrested earlier and released on bail. The local court has remanded Jadhav in six days of police custody.
