Rs 1.42 cr recovered in police raid on criminal's house

In a major haul, Rs 1.42 crore were recovered from the common residence of two accused in an abduction case of last week, police said today.
The Crime Branch while investigating abduction last week of city businessman Ajay Rout who was later released, raided the house of notorious criminal Raju Vitthalrao Bhadre (38) and his aide Diwakar Baban Kotulwar (31) yesterday, Deputy Commissioner of Police (crime) Ranjan Kumar Sharma said.
Rs 1.42 crore in cash was recovered from there, he said.
The police had earlier recovered Rs 2.40 lakh in cash and two cars from other accused, he said.
The crime branch took Bhadre, who was brought to the place during the raid, and Kotulwar into custody and arrested five others, the DCP said.

Bhadre had surrendered before a local court on December 20, 2015 and has been lodged in the Central Prison here since. Last week he was charged under the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA), he said.
Slapping of MCOCA implies Bhadre can't seek bail in a murder case against him, he said.