Rajkot: Sleuths of Rajkot rural local crime branch (LCB) on Friday caught four members including a minor boy of the notorious Naydu gang from Rajkot city. The accused have been involved in various thefts of cash and valuables from customers of Angadias and banks across the country. Police have arrested Balu alias Sunil Krishna Ayyar (28), Harish alias Arish Naydu (28), Gopi Laxman Naydu and detained the 17-year-old boy, all native of Karnataka state. Police reached the gang, while investigating a case of theft of Rs 5.5 lakh cash from a car near Padvala village on the outskirts of Rajkot city on October 29 last year.
Police said that the accused confessed 11 crimes that they have committed in Rajasthan, Maharashtra and Gujarat in the past one year. According to the police, businessman Rakesh Kamani had gone to V P Angadia firm in Shapar to collect a parcel containing cash amount of Rs 5.5 lakh. He put the parcel in his car and while going towards Padvala village, stopped for some work at a nearby office. He parked his car on the roadside and after returning found the glass of his car broken and the cash parcel missing. He lodged a complaint with the police. “While investigating this case, we analysed CCTV footage from Angadia firm and found one yellow colour bike there. We found that the bike was sold through a website but its owner's name was not transferred. This led us to the accused,” police officials said.