Man wanted in Rs 66 lakh Guj robbery held from Andheri

A man wanted in neighbouring Gujarat for a Rs 66 lakh robbery was arrested by Mumbai police from suburban Andheri here, an official said Sunday.

Pravin alias Raju Suresh Sawant (38) was arrested from Andheri MIDC by Unit-8 of Mumbai crime branch when he had come to meet a friend, the official said.

Sawant was involved in a robbery in Gujarat's Mehsana in December last year, he said.

In the incident, an angadiya (courier) employee was robbed at gunpoint by Sawant and others while travelling in a bus with cash, he said.