This story is from January 25, 2021

Two arrested in Morbi highway robbery mayhem

Two arrested in Morbi highway robbery mayhem
The accused in police custody
Rajkot: Acting on a tip off, Morbi local crime branch (LCB) and Morbi Taluka police station officials arrested two accused involved in a sensational highway robbery case near Morbi town on Friday night. Accused had created an illegal barricade on Morbi-Kandla bypass road in the outskirts of Morbi town and robbed over a dozen people at knife point on Friday night.
The robbers openly snatched cash, mobile phones and valuables by intercepting bikes and cars on the public road.
They also broke window panes of few cars. Valuables worth Rs 4.21 lakh including cash were looted.
“We have arrested Asif Rahim Sumra (20), a resident of Sunrise Park in Sumra society in Morbi town and Afatali alias Ajgar Bhati (19), a resident of Visipara in Morbi town. We have received specific information about the location of two accused. After keeping a close watch on them, we finally nabbed them from Raviraj Chowkdi on Sunday,” police said.
Police also seized two bikes and six mobile phones from the duo. Police said that there were four persons involved in the highway robbery. The third accused was identified as Nawab alias Badiyo Meman while the fourth accused is yet to be identified, police added.
In the highway robbery, two persons were also injured in the attack by the assailants while one Rohit Patel got knife injury, Navneet Loriya received injuries on his head injuries. Both were rushed to hospital for treatment.
The robbers had attacked somewhere between Amreli Patiya and Navlakhi crossing road. A complaint was lodged by Pankaj Bavarva, who runs a food canteen in a paper mill, with Morbi taluka police station stating that he had Rs 4 lakh in his bag when he left for home with his nephew on Friday night. Both of them were on separate bikes. Bavarva said that robbers had created an illegal barricade on the road with tyres which they had forcefully accumulated from a local puncture shop.

When Bavara reached the spot at around 9:45pm, a man in black clothes intercepted him and put a knife on his neck and snatched the bag containing the cash. “I ran nearly half kilometre to reach to a farm to save my life before I called police from my mobile,” he said.
When he came on the main road again, he found many more victims including his nephew whose phone and cash were looted. He also saw glasses of some cars broken by the robbers. However, police had reached the spot quickly after Bavarva’s call.
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