Crime Watch — Vadodara

Youth held
The Wadi police patrol party caught 20-year-old Kalpesh red-handed while committing theft in Ram Mandir near Alpana talkies on Saturday night. According to Police Inspector I D Upadhaya, silver utensils were recovered from the youth, which he had stolen from a temple. He admitted to having committed theft in the Mahadev temple, Gajrawadi and several other cities like Ankleshwar, Mehsana, Ahmedabad and Modera, Upadhyaya stated.

Body found
The police on Sunday recovered the body a youth, Jitu alias Jitendra Dakshina, from the bushes of Bhagyalaxmi Society behind Gujarat Housing Board society in Gorwa area. According to the Gorwa police, the body was first spotted by a passerby who informed the police. While the body was first declared to be unidentified, later one Narendra Gautambhai Dakshina identified it to be that of his brother. Investigations are on.