Vadodara: Acting on a tip-off, the Harni police caught four persons including a minor who were involved in a series of mobile phone snatching.
The cops kept a watch near Golden Chowkdi on the national highway-48 and intercepted the four who were travelling on two bikes. “On questioning, they admitted to have snatched phones of several persons,” police said.
Seven mobile phones worth Rs 40,000 were recovered from them.
The accused have been identified as Sunil Rathod and Rajesh Rathwa, both residents of Ajwa Road, Roshan Lohana of Khodiyarnagar and a minor boy. The gang used to target citizens at isolated spots, snatch their mobile phones and fled on their bikes.
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VADODARA: Three personnel from Pavi Jetpur police station were booked on Wednesday for beating up two bootleggers at Ghuntiya village in Chhota Udepur district on February 1.
Lilesh Rathwa, one of the bootleggers who lodged a complaint, said that when he and his friend Rajesh Rathwa were carrying illicit liquor on a bike to Dungarvant village, somebody hit Rajesh with a wooden stick on his head due to which their bike slipped. As Lilesh was trying to flee, he too was hit but he managed to hide in a nearby farm. Rajesh was hit again due to which he became unconscious and was taken to a health centre.