Garments trader looking for cheap dollars conned in Bharuch, four arrested

Surat: Bharuch police on Tuesday arrested four persons conning people by promising to exchange US dollars at lower rates.
The gang had last week abducted and cheated a garments trader from Surat by offering to exchange Rs 1.7 lakh cash with the American currency at lower rate.
Police said that the accused Vinu alias Himmat Gohil, a resident of Bhavnagar, Valji Makwana, a resident of Botad, Hasmukh alias Hitesh Makwana and Akhtar Rataniya, both residents of Morbi, had abducted Umesh Kalsariya, who lives on Lambe Hanuman Road in Surat on July 3 and taken away his cash.Kalsariya approached Gohil through a relative as he wanted to exchange cash.
The gang picked up Kalsariya from Kamrej and drove towards Vadodara. Just before reaching Vadodara, they turned towards Bharuch and stopped near a temple at Jhadeshwar in Bharuch.
The gang took away Kalsariya’s cash and pushed him out of the car before fleeing away towards Vadodara again. Kalsariya approached C Division police station in Bharuch and lodged a complaint of abduction, cheating and conspiracy.
“We found the car’s details through the footages of CCTV cameras and through other technical resources the car was traced near Anand,” said a police official.
With the help of Anand police, cops nabbed the four accused along with Kalsariya’s cash. Police said that they are interrogating the gang members about other similar crimes. Makwana admitted to police that he was booked last year at Tankara police station in Morbi for cheating.