Rajkot: They are usually seen donning the khakis, but cops from local crime branch of Porbandar police recently tried on the tribal attire of shirt and ‘langot’ to nab a murder case accused from Alirajpur district of Madhya Pradesh.
LCB sleuths had received information that the accused Parsingh, who was absconding for the last three years, was hiding at his native place in Bayda village. A team was sent to the neighbouring state to get him back. But when policemen reached Parsingh’s village, they did not know his house and on inquiring the locals would have tipped off the accused. So the cops camped in the village for two days wearing the tribal attire so that they could mix among with the locals.
The unusual exercise paid off on Tuesday when police found Parsingh in his house. When questioned, Parsingh admitted to his involvement in the 2018 murder case of Bagvadar police station, but also told cops that he had committed robberies and burglaries in area falling under the jurisdiction of Tankara police station in Morbi, Gondal City and Gondal Taluka police stations. Madhya Pradesh police too had booked him in 2012 and 2017 for a robbery and assault case.