Junagadh cops bust gang of robbers from Dahod, arrest three

Rajkot: A team of Junagadh crime branch on Saturday went to the villages of Dahod district and nabbed a gang of thieves allegedly involved in two thefts reported from Manavadar of Junagadh district last year. The three accused arrested also confessed to 10 more thefts they had committed in different towns of Saurashtra region.
Police said the accused, Bhavsingh Damor (23), Vijay Minama (25) and Mayur Bhabhor (26), were arrested for their alleged involvement in the theft of Rs 90,000 cash from a factory on Mitadi Road in Manawadar on the night of December 30 last year and stealing Rs 12,000 cash from a mill in the same area during the same time period.
The police ascertained the identities of the accused on the basis of the CCTV footage of the crime. Meanwhile, the cops received a tip-off that the accused were hiding in their villages in Dahod.
“Acting on this information, we went to Sandhawada village of Garbada taluka and nabbed Bambhor from there. Then we raided the house of Minama in Ambali village of Garbada taluka and arrested him from there. Thereafter, we went to the house of Damor in the same village and caught him from there,” said R K Gohel, inspector with Junagadh crime branch.
During interrogation, the trio initially stuck to their statement that they had not committed the thefts. However later, they broke down and confessed to the crimes.
The police have recovered Rs 70,000 cash and three cellphones worth Rs 6,500 from the accused. Apart from the two thefts in Manavadar, the accused confessed to having committed 10 more thefts in Manavadar, Kodinar, Somnath, Veraval, Gondal, Keshod and Savarkundla.