Six members of gang were arrested
SURAT: Cracking the April 2 loot and murder of a billionaire farmer in Dumas, the city crime branch arrested six members of a Mumbai-based gang near Bhatia toll plaza on Wednesday.
Investigation revealed that the gang wanted to carry out a loot of Rs 160 crore from a bungalow in Badlapur city of Thane district and they needed cash to buy weapons and equipment for this crime.
During the early hours on April 2, five persons entered the victim Bhupendra Patel’s house in Kadi Faliya locality of Dumas, tied him up and searched for cash. However, they found only Rs four lakh. They then thrashed Patel to extract information about more cash during which he died due to strangling.