Robbery bid foiled, 5 including minor held in Jamnagar city

RAJKOT: Acting on a tip-off, Jamnagar local crime branch (LCB) thwarted a robbery bid by arrested five persons including a minor boy.
Those arrested were identified as Santosh Baghel, Dinesh Davar, Anil Bhuria, Ravi Mavra, and a minor boy.
All are native of Madhya Pradesh (MP) and work as agricultural labourers in different villages of Jodiya taluka of Jamnagar. According to police, they worked in the fields during the day and would commit robberies at night.
“We have seized two bikes which they had stolen on July 9 and July 10 from them. They had stolen one bike from Latipur village of Dhrol and another from Kalavad of Jamnagar. They were using the stolen bikes to commit crimes. On July 25, this gang carried out a robbery in Pithad village in Jodiya and attacked one Hemraj Mendpara but they could not find anything except a mobile phone. Ten days before, the gang robbed a biker near Amran village in Morbi,” police said.
Police seized two bikes, a knife and three wooden and iron rods from their possession and launched a probe.
“We arrested them from Mokhana village on Monday night before they could commit another robbery,” police added.