Rajkot: A 40-year-old man involved in Rs 14 lakh theft in Bhuj was arrested in Morbi on Thursday. Police said the accused, Firozali Shiya, a resident of Sanjaynagar Colony in Bhopal of Madhya Pradesh, was caught with a two-wheeler.
Shiya along with Gulam Abbas Sheikh and Gulam Nasirhussein Sheikh from Mumbai had stolen gold bars and gold coins worth Rs 14 lakh from a jewellery shop in Sevanti Complex near district panchayat office in Bhuj on Tuesday.
"The accused trio had visited the jewellery shop in the garb of customers and had committed the theft. They were caught on the CCTV footage. We found that one of the accused, Shiya, had fled on a two-wheeler, the number of which had been captured on a CCTV footage. We sent the numbers to the police of adjoining district. Meanwhile, Morbi police station found the vehicle with the number and nabbed Shiya," said V B Jadeja, inspector with Morbi local crime branch.
During his interrogation, Shiya told the cops that the accused were supposed to meet in Ahmedabad to divide the share of booty, which is in the possession of Gulam Abbas Sheikh and Gulam Nasirhussein Sheikh for whom the police have launched a manhunt.