Surat police on great Great Dane trail

SURAT: Move over extortions and diamond heist. The Surat police are busy trailing a pregnant Great Dane. For, at stake is lakhs of rupees with each of her pups expected to fetch about Rs 50,000.
The Great Dane, named Kaiba, went missing on Tuesday and its harried owner, Kaizad Mandviwala, has lodged a complaint with Katargam police station. A police sub-inspector has been deputed to find two-year-old Kaiba."We will leave no stone unturned to locate her," said Katargam police inspector KS Patel.
Kaiba had won the ���challenge certificate��� at a recent dog show organised by Kennel Club of India in Vadodara.
"We are pained and worried about Kaiba as she is pregnant. We suspect that she was stolen because people are aware of her breed, which has links with the American Champion of the same breed. Her market value is also high especially because she is pregnant," Mandviwala said.
While Kaiba, and her sister Kara, stay with the Mandviwalas, she was kept at a kennel in Parsiwad in Katargam recently from where she vanished.
"We had shifted her to the kennel in the evening since she was restless due to loud music being played at a marriage ceremony near our house. She was missing in the morning and there were biscuits on the other side of the kennel���s compound wall," said the owner.
It has led the police to a dogged effort. "We have taken statements of the family members and got hold of some details which have direct connection with the theft. Since there are no circumstantial evidences in the case, we will have to rely on the information furnished by the owner," says investigating officer M B Parmar said.