Diesel thieves gang that kidnapped home guard nabbed

Surat: Police arrested three members of a gang involved in diesel theft for their alleged involvement in kidnapping of a home guard jawan. The accused kidnapped the jawan while escaping from Ichhapore area and later dropped him near Sachin.
Police arrested Aamin Khan, 34, Mustufa Khan, 24 and Riyaz Khan, 25, while the accused were in search of a target in the Ichhapore area on Wednesday. Two more associates, Islam Shah and Virendra Singh, are yet to be arrested. Police seized a truck worth Rs 6 lakh that the accused used in pilfering diesel from other trucks.
Mohit Yadav, 23, a home guard jawan, was on duty near Ichhapore bridge on June 20 when he along with other cops signalled the accused to stop their truck. But they escaped. Yadav chased the truck on his motorcycle and stopped it near Kawas village. After an argument the accused pulled Yadav inside the truck and went towards Sachin. They dropped him near Hojiwala Industrial and escaped breaking the barricade at Bhatia Toll Plaza.
“Police kept watch on movement of the accused and their vehicle. We had circulated photos of the accused on highway restaurants and toll plaza, based on which we received information that the accused have come to Ichhapore area again. We nabbed them finally,” said a police officer.
The accused would steal diesel from trucks parked near restaurants at night on the national highway between Vapi and Ankleshwar, said cops.