Four accused in police custody
Surat: Bharuch police on Tuesday arrested four persons conning people by promising to exchange US dollars at lower rates.
The gang had last week abducted and cheated a garments trader from Surat by offering to exchange Rs 1.7 lakh cash with the American currency at lower rate.
Police said that the accused Vinu alias Himmat Gohil, a resident of Bhavnagar, Valji Makwana, a resident of Botad, Hasmukh alias Hitesh Makwana and Akhtar Rataniya, both residents of Morbi, had abducted Umesh Kalsariya, who lives on Lambe Hanuman Road in Surat on July 3 and taken away his cash. Kalsariya approached Gohil through a relative as he wanted to exchange cash.