Mastermind who killed senior citizen held in Gujarat

RAJKOT: The Amreli police have arrested the mastermind in the case where a senior citizen couple were robbed and beaten up in a village under Liliya taluka of Amreli district in September. The man had died later. The police had arrested earlier two other accused in the case.
The mastermind has been identified as Puniyo alias Puno alias Buso alias Jadiyo Ganava (32), a resident of Dhanpur taluka in Dahod district. He is an accused in 21 different crimes committed in various districts of Gujarat.
He was wanted in three offences of robbery and dacoity in other districts and four different courts had issued non-bailable warrants against him.
According to police, Puniyo along with, Tipu Bamaniya (22) and Prakash Ravat (25) - both natives of Rajkot, trespassed into the house of Lakhman Vaddoriya, thrashed Lakhman and his wife Nabu with sticks, pipes and rods and ran away with valuables worth Rs 1.9 lakh. The couple were seriously injured. They were shifted to a hospital by neighbours. Lakhman died during the treatment the next day.
After Bamaniya and Ravat were arrested, the police were looking for Puniyo. In two cases over the last one year in Lodhika and Kotda Sangani talukas of Rajkot district, Puniya had trespassed into houses, beaten up family members and robbed cash and valuables.
Amreli superintendent of police Himkar Singh said, "We have arrested the gang members involved in a couple of robbery cases in Amreli district in last one year. We have asked senior citizens living alone to install CCTV cameras and alarm system." He added that the police were covering all crossroads and 23 check-posts with CCTV cameras to keep a tab on suspicious activities.