On Saturday morning, an angadia was reportedly held up at gunpoint by a group of five individuals. They stole diamonds valued at Rs 5.5 crore. Diamonds were being loaded into a van in Surat, according to the police. Following a three-hour pursuit, the police managed to apprehend the gang of robbers in the nearby Valsad district.
“Diamonds worth around Rs 5.5 crore were looted from an angadia and five persons have been nabbed in this connection,” Deputy Commissioner of Police Bhakti Thakar said. Accused decamped with five bags containing diamonds belonging to two angadia pedhis.
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CCTV footage of the heist showed robbers in a vehicle tailing a car that was transporting the bags. The vehicle was loaded with valuables in Sarthana locality of the city, the official said.
They then approached the angadia when he was loading the bags into a van and robbed him at gunpoint, she said. Teams from the local police and crime branch chased the gang’s vehicle and managed to nab them in neighbouring Valsad district, Thakar said.
According to the victim, four to five persons armed with revolvers and machetes jumped out of a vehicle. After that they threatened him and vandalised the car before fleeing with the bags.
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