CCTV footage of the loot
Vadodara: Within hour after they attacked an elderly woman and looted of gold jewellery and cash worth Rs 2.61 lakh in the city on Monday, the police arrested three persons including a woman. The police said that the trio had planned the loot and done recce of the house in Sonali Society in Karelibaug over the last few days.
According to the police, when 72-year-old Ranjan Gor was performing puja at her house at about 6 am on Monday, four persons barged in. They assaulted Ranjan and even injured her with a knife. “One of the accused, Ritesh Godadiya was wielding a knife and he kept forcing Ranjan to give the key to the locker. When she refused, he injured her with the knife,” said R I Jadeja, Karelibaug police inspector.