Four held for cheating, theft

AHMEDABAD, May 26: Local Crime Branch of Anand district arrested four persons of a family for their alleged involvement in several cases of theft and cheating.

Anand DSP Pravin Sinha said cases were registered against them in 20 villages of seven districts. Those arrested are Girish alias Dilip alias Suresh alias Kirit alias Narendra alias Prakash alias Navnit Ambalal Valand 945 and his two sons Vijay alias Raju alias Atul Girishbhai Valand 19 and Bharat alias Nilesh alias Navnitbhai Girishbhai Valand 22 and wife of Girishbhai, Ilaben alias Kailash alias Sharda alias Sushilaben.

They were arrested from Sarangpur in Anand district. Sinha said that the four stayed in a village on rent and identified themselves as builders and carried out loots in the villages. They purchased two Pukhraj Guru Diamonds8217; valued about Rs 4.16 lakh from Pravin A Patel and Dinesh Pravin Patel of Mejpur in Khambhatt Taluka on October 2, 1998. The family left the village the next day itself. The case was handed over to the local Crime Branch and the teams visited several places and conducted raids.