Surat: Crime branch sleuths busted a gang of dacoits from Morena in Madhya Pradesh on Saturday from Mota Varachha area under Utran bridge and nabbed six of its members. The accused had carried out a dacoity of around Rs 12 lakh in Puna police station limits in October 2019 and another loot of Rs 90,000 from a money transfer agency owner in Varachha on December 23.
Police arrested Shiva alias Monu Rathod, Rinku Jagneriya, Lalu Valmik, Mahendra alias Monu Rathod, Arunsingh alias Jogindersingh Sikarwar and Banwari Jatap. Police recovered two country-made pistols, one automatic pistol and three live cartridges.
Investigations revealed that the gang would visit different cities and after identifying a target would stay for a few weeks stayed in rented accommodation. They would do recce of the target for a few days till the execution of their crime using stolen vehicles.
In 2019, the gang targeted Vidhata Jewellers to loot. They came on two stolen motorcycles and entered the showroom brandishing pistols and thrashed the owners. They looted cash and jewellery from the shop and escaped abandoning the motorcycles and thereafter returning to their native in MP.
In the recent loot case from the owner of a money transfer agency, the accused reached the spot in an auto rickshaw and escaped on the motorcycle of the victim.
Police arrested Shiva alias Monu Rathod, Rinku Jagneriya, Lalu Valmik, Mahendra alias Monu Rathod, Arunsingh alias Jogindersingh Sikarwar and Banwari Jatap. Police recovered two country-made pistols, one automatic pistol and three live cartridges.
Investigations revealed that the gang would visit different cities and after identifying a target would stay for a few weeks stayed in rented accommodation. They would do recce of the target for a few days till the execution of their crime using stolen vehicles.
In 2019, the gang targeted Vidhata Jewellers to loot. They came on two stolen motorcycles and entered the showroom brandishing pistols and thrashed the owners. They looted cash and jewellery from the shop and escaped abandoning the motorcycles and thereafter returning to their native in MP.
In the recent loot case from the owner of a money transfer agency, the accused reached the spot in an auto rickshaw and escaped on the motorcycle of the victim.
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