{
  "id": 14724234,
  "title": "Bhiwandi Police Crack ₹8.50 Crore Medicine Robbery, Driver Allegedly Staged His Own Abduction",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/bhiwandi-police-crack-8-50-crore-medicine-robbery-driver-allegedly",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-15T14:48:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/mumbai/bhiwandi-police-crack-850-crore-medicine-robbery-driver-allegedly-staged-his-own-abduction"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "In a significant development, Bhiwandi police have successfully dismantled an alleged medicine robbery scheme worth ₹8.50 crore, revealing the driver who reported his own abduction as the mastermind behind the crime. The container driver, Somnath Pal, who claimed to have been assaulted and abducted on the Mumbai-Nashik Highway, was found to be the key conspirator. Police have apprehended five others involved in the scheme, while a search is ongoing for two other missing accused. The stolen medicines, belonging to a renowned pharmaceutical company, were reportedly transported from Noida-Gurugram to Purna in Bhiwandi taluka. The investigation, initiated following Pal's complaint, has uncovered a conspiracy orchestrated by Pal, carrier Ram Singh Yadav, and four associates. The entire consignment has been recovered, and the operation is still underway to locate the remaining accused.",
  "summary": "Bhiwandi: In a major breakthrough, Bhiwandi Taluka police have cracked the alleged robbery of medicines worth ₹8.50 crore near Yevai Naka on the Mumbai-Nashik Highway, revealing that the container driver who reported being assaulted and abducted was the alleged mastermind. Police have arrested five accused and recovered the entire consignment, while a search is underway for two other accused who…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}