A gang of four men posing as government officials looted ₹1.5 crore cash and gold valuables from the house of a professor in Yelahanaka recently.

The accused barged into the house of Giriraj, working as a professor at a private university, claimed to be from the government and was conducting search and seizure operations at the house. They ransacked the house, found a bag with ₹1.5 crore cash kept in the kitchen and claimed to “seize” it and fled the house. They also took some gold jewellery they found in the house.