Six held for 22 Lakh angadia robbery

AHMEDABAD: A team of Gandhinagar police arrested six persons on Monday in connection with the abduction of an angadia worker and robbery near Dabhoda on September 28.

Dabhoda police said Vikramji

Thakor

, a resident of

Mehsana

, works for Ishwar Soma and Co, an angadia firm based in Udaipur. On September 27, he boarded a private luxury bus for Ahmedabad with Rs 22.11 lakh cash. At 4 am the next day, the bus was stopped near

Limbadiya

by a group of men who identified themselves as cops and forced him into a car with them. The men drove around various places to disorient Thakor, robbed him of the money and left him near Rajpipla.

Vijay Patel, DSP, Gandhinagar, said that a team of theirs arrested six persons - four from Bhiloda, Aravalli, and two from Bardoli, Surat - in connection with the robbery. "The accused had recced Thakor and planned to rob him. We have not found any previous offence by the group as yet, but have informed other police units about the arrests," he said.

Jitendra Patel

, considered the mastermind of the robbery, is still at large along with one accomplice. This involved impersonation of police and investigators are looking at the probable involvement someone who knows police procedures.

"The bus driver showed presence of mind and memorized the car's registration number and make. Various toll booths were checked on the basis of this and a rough route for the vehicle could be ascertained," said an official.


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