Mangaluru, November 5: Urwa police bursted a robbery case and seized Rs 1.75 crore cash, car and arrested two accused here on Monday.

The arrested have been identified as Abdul Manan (29) of Talapady BCRoad, Raziq of Padeel and remaining four accused were absconding, police said.

About incident

On October 23, a person called Manjunath Ganapathi Palamnakara had come from Mumbai in a private bus and slighted at Lady Hill bus stand. While crossing the road, two miscreants stopped him and kidnapped in a car, looted him of cash and two mobile phones and fled, according to a complaint lodged by him at Urwa police station.

The Mangaluru police commissioner has formed special teams which succeeded in bursting the case and arresting the accused. The police recovered Rs 1.75 crore cash including Rs 1.40 crore cash of 2000 denomination and Rs 30 lakh of 500 denomination and a car used to kidnap the victim.

The car belonged to Vaishnavi jewellery shop owner Santhosh. The six accused had robbed while bringing the amount from Mumbai.

CCB inspector Shamasundar, staff Chandra Shekhar, Ramanna, Raja, Chandra Addur, Chandrahas Sanil, Seenappa Poojary, Rajendra and Urva police inspector Ravish S Nayak and staff participated.

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Dharamsala (PTI): Half-centuries from skipper Axar Patel and David Miller powered Delhi Capitals to a thrilling three-wicket win over Punjab Kings and kept their slim playoff hopes alive in the Indian Premier League here on Monday.

Sent in to bat, Priyansh Arya (56 off 33) and Prabhsimran Singh (18) shared 78 runs off 41 balls for the opening wicket for PBKS.

After their departure, Shreyas Iyer (59 not out off 36 balls) and Cooper Connolly (38 off 27) took responsibility to carry the innings forward as PBKS posted 210 for five.

In reply, DC slipped to 74 for four but Axar (56) and Miller (51) resurrected the chase, while Ashutosh Sharma and Madhav Tiwari completed the task, scoring 216 for seven in 19 overs.

Mitchell Starc (2/57) and Madhav (2/40) picked up two wickets each for DC.

For PBKS, Arshdeep Singh (2/21), Ben Dwarshuis (1/51) and Marcus Stoinis (1/44) were among the wicket-takers.

Brief Scores:

Punjab Kings: 210 for 5 in 20 overs (Shreyas Iyer 59 not out, Priyansh Arya 56; Madhav Tiawai 2/40).

Delhi Capitals: 219 for 7 in 19 overs (Axar Patel 56, David Miller 51; Arshdeep Singh 2/21)