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Surat Police Arrest Two Men for Renting Out Rooms to Robbery Accused

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The Surat police arrested two men, Bharat Kalal and Anil Thakur, for renting out rooms in Sachin without obtaining or submitting details of their tenants. The incident is linked to a recent case of robbery and murder of a jeweller, where a gang of four robbers entered Shrinathji Jewellers and robbed the owner of gold ornaments worth around Rs 10 lakh.

Key Takeaways:

  • The arrested men had rented out rooms to the accused robbers in Sachin without collecting Aadhaar cards or other documents.
  • The police discovered that the gang had arrived in Surat from Bihar a few days prior to the robbery and had stayed in two different rooms in Sachin.
  • The Sachin police lodged an offence under Section 223 of the BNS (disobedience to orders duly promulgated by a public servant) and for violation of a notification by the police commissioner against the room owners.
  • The room owners, Bharat Kalal and Anil Thakur, have been identified as residents of SUDA Awas in Sachin.
  • The police have recovered two bikes used by the robbers to travel to the crime scene and two live cartridges and four empty cartridges of a pistol from the spot.
  • The investigation is ongoing, and the police are trying to obtain details from Bihar police about the criminal cases registered against the other robbers.
  • Ashish Rajpara, the brother of the jeweller, was shot and killed during the incident, while Rajesh Soni and Azim Shaikh sustained severe injuries.

Statistics:

  • The robbers allegedly stole gold ornaments worth around Rs 10 lakh from Shrinathji Jewellers.
  • The police have recovered two bikes used by the robbers, two live cartridges, and four empty cartridges of a pistol.
  • One of the robbers, Dipak Paswan, has been involved in over six criminal cases, including theft and robbery, from 2019 to 2023.

Sources:

  • "Surat police arrest two men who rented out rooms to robbery accused". Express News Service.
  • Contify.com. "Surat Police Arrests Two Men for Renting Out Rooms to Robbery Accused".

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