Rajkot: Three persons, who had robbed a cash collection agent of Rs 21.4 lakh in Chotila last month, were arrested by the local crime branch of Surendranagar on Saturday.
Two accused from Rajkot, Raj Korai and Pravin Shenajiya, were arrested for carrying out the robbery and their accomplice Rahul Parmar, who lives in Thangadh, was nabbed for passing information about the agent Mayur Rathod to the duo.
On February 15, Rathod was intercepted by Korai and Shejaniya near Moldi village near Chotila when he was on his way to a bank to deposit the cash he had collected from three petrol pumps. The duo had followed him in a hatchback car without a registration plate. They snatched the bag containing the cash from Rathod at knifepoint and fled through internal roads to avoid CCTV cameras at toll plaza. However, while following Rathod, they were already captured in the cameras.
“Initially, we did not find any leads as the car did not have a registration plate. Suspecting insider’s involvement, we started questioning people close to the victim,” said inspector Deepak Dhol of Surendranagar LCB. Since Parmar lives in the same neighbourhood as Rathod in Thangadh, he too was questioned and during interrogation, he confessed to the crime and revealed the names of the other two which led to their arrests.
Police recovered Rs 12 lakh cash from Shejaniya and Rs 60,000 cash from Korai. An SUV purchased by them from the robbed money was also seized along with the hatchback car used for the crime. The trio also admitted to looting a biker of Rs 48,000 cash before robbing Rathod.