This story is from March 9, 2021

Five caught from Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh in Thaltej elderly couple killings

Three days after an elderly couple – Ashok Patel and Jyotsna Patel both residents of Thaltej — were killed, the city police have nabbed all the five accused from Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh.
Five caught from Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh in Thaltej elderly couple killings
The house in which Ashok and Jyotsna Patel were brutally murdered.
AHMEDABAD: Three days after an elderly couple – Ashok Patel and Jyotsna Patel both residents of Thaltej — were killed, the city police have nabbed all the five accused from Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh.
A city crime branch officer said that initial enquiry suggested that four men, aged around 30 and 35, had killed the couple to rob cash and valuables from their house in Shantivan Palace Bungalows near Hebatpur Crossroads in Thaltej.

“The four accused who were seen in the CCTV camera got a tip from a person who was working as a painter at Patels’ house. He told the other four that the elderly couple’s son lives in Dubai and they must have huge money and valuables at their home,” said a senior crime branch officer.
All five accused used to stay in Jantanagar in the city prior to the Covid pandemic and did masonry work.
A city police officer said that on Sunday the man who had given the tip-off to the other robbers was the first to be nabbed.
“Crime branch and city police were hunting for the accused for past two days in Malwa region in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh. The other four accused were nabbed on Sunday night,” said the officer.
“They are all likely to be brought to the city on Tuesday,” he added.
About the motive of the murders, the officer said, that the robbers killed the couple to silence them when they began screaming.
The accused were in a hurry and scared as well, so they first tried to steal the couple’s car but could not drive, and later they fled on their motorcycles.
Sources said that the four accused first went to the Chanakyapuri area and from there they crossed the state border on the same day.
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