Surat robbery-cum-murder: 2 more accused held in Bihar, hunt on for fourth
The arrested individuals have been identified as Sanjay Chandradev Paswan (45) and Avinash alias Rakesh Paswan (21), both residents of Bihar's Vaishali.
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The police, who were looking for the absconding accused, sent three teams to Bihar after receiving information about them. Two gang members of Bihar’s Paswan gang, involved in a recent robbery-cum-murder of a jeweller from Surat, were arrested in Bihar by the Surat Crime Branch. One of the gang members, who was caught and thrashed by the public on the day of the incident, is currently in remand of the Surat police.
The arrested individuals have been identified as Sanjay Chandradev Paswan (45) and Avinash alias Rakesh Paswan (21), both residents of Bihar’s Vaishali.
As per the Surat police, a gang of four entered Shrinathji Jewellers at C V market in Sachin on July 7 and held its owner Vishal Rajpara, his friend Rajesh Soni, and two saleswomen at gunpoint. The accused carried looted gold jewellery worth around Rs 10 lakh. Vishal’s brother Ashish rushed to his help and tried to stop the robbers from fleeing. One of the robbers shot three rounds from his pistol and Ashish sustained injuries. The robbers also shot at Rajesh and vegetable vendor Azim Shaikh. However, people caught hold of one of the robbers, later identified as Dipak Paswan, and thrashed him before handing him over to the police.
Ashish was rushed to a hospital where he was declared dead, while Rajesh and Azim survived.
A complaint of robbery and murder was lodged against the gang at Sachin police station.
Dipak was admitted to a hospital and was discharged after recovery.
The police, who were looking for the absconding accused, sent three teams to Bihar after receiving information about them. The teams, led by Surat Crime Branch officer J N Gosami and V A Jograna, caught two robbers from different villages in Vaishali district. They were produced in a district in Vaishali court, which granted the Surat police a four-day transit remand of the accused.
On Thursday, Surat Crime Branch teams returned to Surat.
Talking to the Indian Express, Police Inspector Goswami said, “Three accused have been arrested so far. The fourth accused, identified as Pinto alias Ravindra Paswan, is still at large. All of them have criminal history. All had been lodged in jails in Bihar. While three of them were released on bail in 2024, Pintoo was released this year.”
“The gang was operated by Dipak and Sanjay. It was Dipak who came down to Surat and started working first at a factory in Kadodara, and later in Sachin. Dipak had his eyes on Shrinathji Jewellers. He talked to his friends in Bihar and asked them to come to Surat . They conducted a recee for three days before committing the crime. Dipak made arrangements for their (other accused’s) stay at a rented house in Sachin. We are trying to dig out more information from these accused.”
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