Vasai: In a swift operation, Crime Branch Unit-4 solved a brutal daylight robbery attempt and stabbing case within hours, arresting a couple from Nashik. The accused, driven by mounting debts, attempted to loot Ambika Jewelers in Vasai (East) after attacking the shopkeeper on December 9, 2025, around 11:57 AM.

Shopkeeper Targeted Under Pretext

Victim Kalusingh Kharwat was manning his brother’s shop when a man and woman, accompanied by a small child, entered. Pretending to browse rings, they asked the shopkeeper to fetch water for the child. When the shopkeeper went inside, the male suspect attacked him with a knife, inflicting stab wounds to his stomach, hands, cheeks, and chin in an apparent attempt to murder.

Crime Scene Analysis Leads to Arrests

Crime Branch Unit-4 immediately insp

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