This story is from January 16, 2021

3 held for over dozen robberies

3 held for over dozen robberies
Vadodara/Anand: Anand local crime branch (LCB) and special operations group (SOG) nabbed three accused who were involved in at least dozen robberies in various parts of Central Gujarat as well as South India.
The cops have arrested the trio who had targeted a bungalow owned by owner of C M Smith & Sons Limited in Nadiad town of Kheda district and recovered gold and silver ornaments amounting to Rs 45.95 lakh from them.

Based on a tip off that the cops had received, the trio were detained from near Ganesh Chowkdi in Anand town when they were on a two-wheeler with Rs one lakh cash in a bag.
“The trio were earlier not giving any satisfactory answers. Later, they confessed to their involvement in Nadiad robbery,” said Anand district superintendent of police Ajit Rajian.
The trio includes Navghan Talpada and Vishnu Talpada, both resident of Ode village of Anand’s Umreth taluka and one Kiran Talpada, a resident of Nadiad.
During interrogation, the trio confessed that they had kept a watch of the closed bungalow, located behind Mahagujarat hospital in Nadiad, a fortnight before Diwali festivities last year.
Later, they had carried out the burglary by breaking the grill of the bungalow and decamped with gold ornaments worth Rs 35.81 lakh, silver ornaments worth Rs 8.25 lakh and gold bars worth Rs 8.25 lakh. One of the accused – Navghan Talpada – confessed that he had sold the ornaments and the gold bars to a jeweller named Mahesh Panchal in Ode village.
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