Rs 85 lakh jewellery theft: 2 more held

Rajkot: Two more accused involved in the Rs 85 lakh armed heist at a jewellery showroom in Rajkot last month, were arrested from Uttar Pradesh’s Agra city on Monday by the Rajkot police. Earlier, four members of the gang were arrested on May 6 from Haryana by the Rajkot crime branch.
The police had earlier arrested Shubham Singh Jat, Avinash Singh alias Fauji, Surendra Singh Jat and Bikesh Singh Thakur alias Parmar from Haryana. “During their questioning, two more names cropped up — Satish Jat (27) and Yusuf Qureshi (28). Satish is a native of Madhya Pradesh while Yusuf is from Agra town. Satish is the main accused in this robbery. He had sold the stolen jewellery to Yusuf. We have recovered gold and silver ornaments worth Rs 13 lakh from the duo,” police said on Tuesday.
The gang had stolen 2.7kg of gold jewellery, 2kg of silver jewellery and Rs 2.5 lakh cash from Shiv Jewellers on April 26. Last week, Shubham and Avinash were held from Palwal and Bikesh and Surendra from Rewari. Police had seized Rs 94,000 cash, 1.8kg gold jewellery worth Rs 61 lakh and 2kg silver jewellery worth Rs 70,000 from them.
Shubham, Avinash and Surendra had hatched the robbery plan when they were hiding in Rajkot following a road accident in Bharatpur. They were involved in a firing incident in Bharatpur due to which they were unsafe there.