Hit-and-runAn eight-year-old boy was injured and had his right leg fractured after he was hit by a motorcycle in the Kapodara area, on Sunday, the police said. One Urmilaben Bhuwani, a resident of Ramjinagar Society in Katargam, complained to the Kapodara police that her son Amit was hit by a motorcycle near Shreeji Society in Kapodara. The accused then fled away from the spot, the complainant added. A case has been registered by the police and is being investigated.TheftClothes, cash and other belongings, worth Rs 4000, were stolen by unidentified people from a vehicle parked in the premises of Elbee theatre on Saturday night, the police said. One Nilesh Shah told the Umra police that miscreants broke the window panes of his van (GJ 5 PP 3399) kept in the parking space of the theatre and decamped with the goods and cash while he was watching the film. A case has been registered in the Salabatpura police station and is being investigated.Vehicle theftA three-wheeler (GJ 5 V 620) belonging to Suresh Ukabhai was stolen by two persons from Sarovar Society area of Varachha on Saturday night, the police said. One Suresh filed a complaint in the police station, naming Prabhat Dangar alias Kathiyawadi and Kamlasingh Darbarsingh, both residents of Katargam area as suspects. Suresh told the police that he had parked the vehicle opposite Sarovar Society from where it was stolen by the accused.Man beatenVadodara: A 35-year-old unidentified man was beaten up by the public while trying to escape after snatching a gold chain worth Rs 7,000 from the neck of a school student in the Sayaji Zoo on Sunday afternoon. According to the police, Monica Bharat Soni, a standard X student of Sayaji High School in Mandvi area, had gone to see the zoo along with her classmates and her teacher Rupaben, when the youth snatched the chain and took to heels. However, he was caught by nearby visitors and beaten up.
