Gang murdered old-woman after confusing ‘Cr’ with Crore in Bank Passbook

The Navi Mumbai Police, investigating the matter said that it was a case of silly misunderstanding which led to the crime being committed.

70-year-old woman murdered brutally by a gang of youngsters on the pretext of she owning crores of rupees in her bank account.

A group of three people – 27-year-old Vijay Bansode (key accused), 21-year-old Atul Kamble (accomplice), and 33-year-old Yallapa Hadimani – have been arrested by the police.

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As per a Times of India report, the alleged killer, Vijay Bansode, was working at an agency, in Turbhe, that offered services dealing with Aadhar and PAN cards. There, Hande (victim) had submitted him her passbook as her address proof. Things went wrong when Bansode mistook the ‘cr’ written in her passbook for ‘crore’, in the balance

A police officer said that the crime took place on May 17, when the key accused and his accomplices killed her at her house. The trio went to her house a fortnight ago and stolen 15 tolas of Gold and cash money of Rs. 15,000.