Seven arrested for robbing milk trader in Bhavnagar

RAJKOT: Seven persons were arrested on Monday for allegedly robbing an owner of a milk supplying agency of Rs 1.13 lakh on May 23 in Bhavnagar.
Police said the victim, identified as Dharmendra Sarvaiya, a resident of Devrajnagar locality in Bhavnagar, had collected money from different dairies and was on his way to deposit it in a bank when he was waylaid by the accused.
The accused were identified as Mehul Bambhania (27), Madhu Solanki (24), Bhavik Dave (26), Dinesh Solanki (20), Jitu Bhadarka (25), Jitu Khamal (23) and Bhavik Goswami (20).
“While two of the accused rammed Bambhania’s bike with their bike and picked up a fight with him, two co-accused arrived at the spot on their bike, and picking up Bambhania’s bag containing the cash, fled from the spot,” said an official from Bhavnagar local crime branch (LCB).
Bambhania was identified as he was visible in the CCTV footage of the crime. As Bambhania is a history-sheeter, having been booked in several loot cases earlier, police traced his cellphone location which was traced to the crime spot. Then the cops nabbed him. During his interrogation Bambhania confessed to the crime.
“Bambhania said he knew that Sarvaiya used to carry hefty cash with him, and hence he decided to rob him. His three co-accused, who were not involved in the actual loot, had done a recce of Sarvaiya, keenly monitoring his daily schedule. Then he executed the loot,” added the official.
Bambhania said his gang members had also made a plan to loot another milk agency owner in Jesar of Bhavnagar district, of whom they had done a recce.