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During the probe, the constabulary scanned the CCTV cameras adjacent the spot and alerted their Navsari and Valsad counterparts astir the car utilized successful crime. (File Photo)
A 64-year-old textile businessman was robbed of Rs 5 crore allegedly by a pack of 8 radical successful Surat, 5 of whom person been arrested, said police.
The accused were arrested from Valsad territory and Rs 4.5 crore of the stolen magnitude was recovered from their possession, said police. Surat transgression subdivision constabulary inspector K I Modi said that the complainant Harish Vankawala, who owns a textile powerfulness loom factory, wanted “to person his achromatic wealth into white” and for that helium contacted Mumbai-based Shailendra Singh and Shrikant Joshi. According to the FIR, some visited Surat astir 20 days agone to conscionable Vankawala and came up with a program to travel again for the currency and manus implicit RTGS of the aforesaid amount. The complainant besides agreed connected a “5 per cent committee charged by the both” for the transaction, said the FIR.
According to the police, connected Friday afternoon, Joshi came to Surat, picked up Harish from his house, loaded the currency successful a car and reached a designated spot connected Rander road,where they met Shailendra Singh. Suddenly, 5 radical successful a car waylaid them. The accused who were equipped with robust rods threatened the complainant, thrashed him and stole the cash-laden bag.
The complainant besides alleged that “accused Shailendra Singh besides slapped and threatened him”. All the accused on with Singh escaped from the spot portion Shrikant Joshi remained with Vankawala and helped him, the FIR said.
Soon aft the incident, Vankawala informed the police. Based connected Vankawala’s complaint, a lawsuit was registered by the Rander constabulary against 7 radical including Shailendra Singh. The lawsuit has been registered nether Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Sections, 310(2) (dacoity), 311 (robbery oregon dacoity, with effort to origin decease oregon grievous hurt), 140 (3) (whoever kidnaps oregon abducts immoderate idiosyncratic with intent to origin that idiosyncratic to beryllium secretly and wrongfully confined), 115 (2) (whoever does immoderate enactment with the volition of thereby causing wounded to immoderate person, oregon with the cognition that helium is apt thereby to origin wounded to any), 296 (b) (sings, recites, oregon utter obscene words),61(2) (a) (criminal conspiracy), and 351(3) (criminal intimidation).
During the probe, the constabulary scanned the CCTV cameras adjacent the spot and alerted their Navsari and Valsad counterparts astir the car utilized successful crime.
Acting connected the information, Valsad constabulary carried retired checks connected the National Highway towards Mumbai and caught the accused from Palsana with the Rs 4.50 crore.
Three others who had escaped from the spot met with an mishap adjacent Bhilad cheque station and were subsequently arrested adjacent arsenic 2 are inactive absconding. The Valsad constabulary handed implicit each the accused to the Surat transgression branch. Apart from Shailesh, the different accused were identified arsenic Kayyum Pasa Shaikh, Dipak Vaiti, Shailesh Gaekwad and Rahul Bhoiyer, said police.
Inspector K I Modi said, “We person arrested 5 radical successful transportation with the robbery and recovered Rs 4.50 crore retired truthful far. Three others who are yet to beryllium arrested person the remaining Rs 50 lakh. Their pack person is Shailendra and helium had hatched the full program to rob Harish Vankawala. At present, the engagement of Shrikant Joshi successful the lawsuit has not been established, however, Joshi was the 1 who had introduced the trader to Shailendra. A probe is underway into the matter. ”
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