Kingpins of Dahod robbers’ gang held

Vadodara: Two masterminds of a gang of robbers and their accomplices were arrested by Dahod police on Friday night.
The trio identified as Pankaj Parmar, Ramesh Parmar and Mukesh Parmar were remanded to police custody up to November 29 by a special GujCTOC (Gujarat Control of Terrorism and Organized Crime Act) court in Vadodara on Saturday. Earlier three other gang members were also arrested and remanded to police custody.
Police said that Mukesh and Pankaj used to conduct recce before committing the robbery. After they assess the situation, they gathered other members of the gang to carry out the robbery. Ramesh was also arrested as he used to help the duo to hide and protect them from getting arrested.
“Ramesh has also been booked under the special law for helping the two other accused,” said deputy superintendent of police Dr Kanan Desai.
“We argued before the court that the accused are the kingpins and they used to plan the robberies by identifying which place to target and how the crime should be carried out,” said special public prosecutor Raghuvir Pandya. He added that this is the first case wherein robbers have been booked under GujCTOC Act.