The accused duo in police custody
Rajkot: Two more accused involved in the Rs 85 lakh armed heist at a jewellery showroom in Rajkot last month, were arrested from Uttar Pradesh’s Agra city on Monday by the Rajkot police. Earlier, four members of the gang were arrested on May 6 from Haryana by the Rajkot crime branch.
The police had earlier arrested Shubham Singh Jat, Avinash Singh alias Fauji, Surendra Singh Jat and Bikesh Singh Thakur alias Parmar from Haryana. “During their questioning, two more names cropped up Satish Jat (27) and Yusuf Qureshi (28). Satish is a native of Madhya Pradesh while Yusuf is from Agra town. Satish is the main accused in this robbery. He had sold the stolen jewellery to Yusuf. We have recovered gold and silver ornaments worth Rs 13 lakh from the duo,” police said on Tuesday.
Rajkot: Four members of a gang were arrested on Thursday from Haryana in connection with the Rs 85 lakh armed robbery at a jewellery showroom on Saint Kabir Road in Rajkot last month.
The accused, Shubham Singh Jat, Avinash Singh alias Fauji, Surendra Singh Jat and Bikesh Singh Thakur alias Parmar, were nabbed by the Rajkot crime branch sleuths who were camping in Haryana for past one week.
One more gang member, Satish Singh Thakur from Morena in Madhya Pradesh, is still absconding. The gang had stolen 2.7kg of gold jewellery, 2kg of silver jewellery and Rs 2.5 lakh cash from Shiv Jewellers on April 26.
Cops at the crime scene
Rajkot: Three men armed with pistol and knives looted gold and silver jewellery worth Rs 1 crore from a showroom on Saint Kabir Road in Rajkot on Monday evening. However, the exact value of the jewellery looted from Shiv Jewellers is yet to be verified.
According to police, the armed robbers entered the showroom around 6pm and held the owner Mohan Dodiya at gun-point. Dodiya’s shop is the only jewellery showroom in the residential area.
Senior cops including city police commissioner Manoj Agarwal rushed immediately to the crime scene.
Preliminary investigation suggested that the robbers had planned the loot as they had come with weapons. They also seem to have knowledge of how much jewellery was on display in the showroom, said police sources.