Daughter, father arrested in Apna Bazar theft case

RAJKOT: Police have arrested a 26-year-old woman and her father in connection with the theft of Rs 4.95 lakh from Apna Bazar on Bhupendra Road. The money was stolen from the locker on April 27.
An employee of Apna Bazar Sejal Shah was arrested on Tuesday and investigation revealed that she had stolen the money from the locker using duplicate keys. Apna Bazar is being managed by Rajkot Jilla Madhyastha Grahak Sahkari Bhandar Ltd.The complaint was filed by Apna Bazar's administrative officer Rashmikant Pandya with the A-division police station.
"Since the beginning we doubted involvement of some insiders in this case. Our investigation was on right track and finally Sejal confessed the crime. Officials of Apna Bazar tried to search the accused on their own, but when they could not find anything, they filed a police complaint,'' a police official said.
Sejal, who is a clerk at Apna Bazar office, used to keep important keys with her. Her father Mahesh Shah was aware of the theft after she brought the money home. However, he did not inform the police.
Meanwhile, after the complaint was filed, she put some Rs 1.5 lakh into the locker, which created further suspicion. Police said the remaining amount was recovered from Sejal's two-wheeler.
"She told the police that she wanted to take advantage of some schemes in which money could be doubled after paying some initial amount and thus, she tried to steal the money. However, we are investigating the case and exact truth will come out soon,'' the police official said.
Police have recovered the entire stolen amount from her and are investigating the case further.