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Time of India
3 days ago
- Business
- Time of India
A'bad man among 10 cheated of Rs 68L in delivery franchises scam
Ahmedabad: An e-commerce company based in Delhi and its directors allegedly cheated 10 people, including a man from Ahmedabad, of Rs 68.40 lakh by promising warehouse delivery franchises. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now The victims were initially paid some money as warehouse rent and commission, but later the payments stopped. According to a police complaint filed by Ilen Patel from the Sola area, he first saw an advertisement on social media offering delivery franchise opportunities and applied for it. He received a call from a woman who asked him to visit the company's Prahladnagar office. There, two individuals — Devendra Goswami and Arthav — told him to pay Rs 11,000 as a token amount for an Ahmedabad district warehouse franchise, which Patel paid through UPI. He was later contacted by a man, Sanjay Sharma, who claimed to be the head of the company. Sharma suggested Patel take a zonal warehouse franchise instead and asked for Rs 12.5 lakh. Patel and his father paid the amount after discussion. They were promised Rs 25,000 monthly rent and a 1% commission. Following this, Patel rented a warehouse near Science City based on the company's instructions. He received Rs 1.88 lakh from the company in the first four months. After that, the company stopped making payments. Patel visited the company's Ahmedabad office but did not get a proper response. He later came in contact with others who had similar experiences. All of them invested money for the delivery franchise and were not repaid the money. The economic offence wing (EOW) of the Detection of Crime Branch (DCB) registered a case of cheating and criminal conspiracy under the BNS Act and began an investigation.
Indian Express
3 days ago
- Indian Express
How a near perfect diamond heist was ‘foiled' 2 months later — due to old prison mates' betrayal
From creating a triple failsafe to hide his identity, to learning tradecraft from jailhouse 'experts', a first-time diamond thief nearly got away with stealing 11,655 precious stones in Gujarat. Described by an investigator as the case 'with the highest probability of not being solved,' the heist was executed by a highly skilled repeat offender who had previously been jailed for petty thefts and house break-ins. Last month, he allegedly stole 11,655 diamonds weighing 130.55 carats and worth Rs 60.83 lakh from a polishing unit in Rajkot. Then, he disappeared for nearly two months, with multiple investigative teams hitting dead ends — until an overlooked clue led to the capture of a suspect. On Friday, May 29, Rajkot City Police's Detection of Crime Branch (DCB) announced the arrest of 34-year-old Ajay Jagdish Lallu Nayka, a resident of Umarpada in Surat, for stealing the diamonds on the intervening night of April 10-11. In early April, police said, Nayka began surveying the Bhaktinagar area of Rajkot, known for its cluster of diamond polishing units. After identifying a vulnerable unit, he allegedly hid tools in a shed next door, ensuring they were out of sight. Nayka allegedly made two failed attempts on consecutive nights due to people being present at the site. On the third night, April 10, he 'succeeded'. Carrying a bag of clothes and masks, he allegedly broke into the vault using the specialized cutting tools and stole the diamonds. 'We were completely blind,' said Inspector Jadav. He said Nayka had employed three layers of identity protection: first, the accused wore a Guy Fawkes mask — popularised by the 1982 graphic novel V for Vendetta and its 2006 film adaptation. Second, Nayka allegedly disabled and removed the security control room's Digital Video Recorder (DVR) and hard disk. Third, he changed his clothes inside and walked on the road divider to evade surrounding CCTVs. 'Most CCTVs aren't angled to capture the divider or don't have sufficient range, especially at night,' said an investigator. After reviewing footage from over 100 cameras, police found no usable images of Nayka. The triple failsafe had worked, right until he failed to sell the diamonds. In May, Nayka travelled to Vapi and Surat to sell the diamonds on the black market. But the diamond industry, being tightly knit, had already been alerted statewide. Unable to enter the legitimate or even black market, he turned to the grey market. 'He had researched how to steal diamonds, but not how to sell them,' said ACP B B Basiya. Nayka didn't know the stones' value and received 'wildly different price quotes', which confused him. Fearing exposure, he decided to wait until the case went cold. He allegedly hid the diamonds in an abandoned factory and returned to Umarpada. 'With no CCTV and no phone usage by Nayka, we had to explore other tactics,' said an officer. Investigators began tracing sellers of the specialized cutting tools used in the heist. 'There are four firms selling the drill machines and six selling the variable spanners. Nayka bought both locally in Rajkot but paid in cash, without bills,' the officer said. This lack of documentation stalled progress once again. These no-bill purchases, often done to evade taxes, are now under scrutiny. Local police are investigating retailers who sold tools to Nayka without invoices. 'Stealing diamonds from reinforced safes requires expert-level precision using magnetic drills, cutters, and variable spanners,' said PI M R Gondaliya of the Crime Branch. Police questioned 15 suspects previously involved in diamond heists, including three jailed for a 2023 case in Mahudi Taluka. All three were in the same Rajkot Central Jail barracks as Nayka, during his 2024 imprisonment for a house break-in. 'These men told us Nayka had been very curious about their methods,' said PI Jadav. 'He asked detailed questions about tools and techniques. They unknowingly trained him.' Already familiar with fabrication tools, Nayka allegedly combined this jailhouse knowledge with YouTube tutorials to sharpen his skills. With Nayka's arrest and recovery of the hidden diamonds, the case has now been transferred to the Bhaktinagar police station for further investigation.
Time of India
5 days ago
- Time of India
3 of Manish Kukri gang nabbed
Surat: The Detection of Crime Branch (DCB) of Surat city police nabbed three notorious criminals of the Manish Kukri gang from Pachmarhi in Madhya Pradesh. The accused attempted to murder a person in a Sarthana hotel on May 16 after rioting. They covered 500km to 600km daily to evade arrest. Those arrested were Manish Mandanka (Patel) alias Manish Kukri, Mitesh Desai, and Chirag Borda. An attempt to murder case was registered against them after they attacked Aniket Nimawat, Vivek Dobariya, Parth, and others. As the accused were involved in cases of murder, attempt to murder, extortion, abduction, loot, and Arms Act in the past, the Surat crime branch was entrusted with the task of arresting them. During the investigation, the DCB learnt that the accused were roaming in their vehicle, having visited Omkareshwar, Goa, Hyderabad, Nagpur, and Satara. They stayed at highway dhabas at night and started travelling in the morning. Teams under inspectors J N Zala, P K Sodha, H A Sindha, and sub-inspector K H Puwar pursued them for the last five days. Finally, one of the teams nabbed them from Pachmarhi while they were sleeping in their car. Manish has 25 serious offences against him in Ahmedabad and Surat police records, while Desai has 15 crimes and Borda has six crimes registered against them.
Time of India
16-05-2025
- Time of India
Man arrested for house break-in, cyberfraud
Vadodara: A 23-year-old man was arrested by the Detection of Crime Branch (DCB) for allegedly breaking into a house and fraudulently transferring money from the victim's bank account. The accused, Deepak Gupta , resides in Ranoli and hails from Uttar Pradesh. According to police, they received a tip-off about a suspicious individual involved in a recent burglary seen in the Chhani area. Acting on the information, officers intercepted Gupta, who was riding a two-wheeler. A search led to the recovery of some cash, raising suspicion. During questioning, Gupta admitted to burgling a house in Ranoli six days earlier. He confessed to stealing a gold chain, some cash, and a mobile phone. Using the stolen phone, Gupta managed to transfer Rs 1 lakh from the victim's bank account to his mother's account. Police said Gupta has a criminal history, having been previously booked in a gambling case in 2022 and a theft case in 2024, both in Vadodara.
Indian Express
12-05-2025
- Indian Express
Ahmedabad: ‘Illegal' Bangladeshi immigrant arrested for forging documents to obtain Indian IDs
The Detection of Crime Branch (DCB) of the Ahmedabad city police on Monday said it has booked and arrested a 30-year-old woman, an alleged illegal immigrant from Bangladesh who had 'forged documents' for obtaining Indian IDs. In a statement on Monday, the DCB said it had received information that a woman, originally from Bangladesh, had obtained an Indian passport by submitting fake documents. Based on the tip-off, a preliminary investigation was conducted, during which it was found that the Aadhaar card and other documents in possession of the women that mentioned her as an Indian citizen had been forged by the said suspect, officials said. Officials carried out a probe after obtaining details of a form filled by the suspect to obtain an Indian passport. According to the DCB, the woman declared that she had been residing at the address mentioned in the form since her birth in 1994. However, when the crime branch officials went to the address to verify her claims, they allegedly found that the plotting of the society had been done only in 2009 and possession had been given to residents only in 2012. While conducting a technical analysis of the mobile number written in the passport form, it was found that the number submitted by the suspect was registered in someone else's name. Also, from 2017 to 2021, she had changed her addresses from places in Gujarat to ones in Maharashtra a total of six times. While verifying the email ID submitted in the application, officials found that it was activated for the first time in Pakistan. Besides, all of her social media accounts were activated from Bangladesh. A case was subsequently registered against her. When the police raided her current residence, where she lives with her husband and child, they also found Bangladeshi currency and a birth certificate allegedly issued by the Uttar Pradesh government. She was placed under arrest and produced in the local court, which granted the DCB a four-day remand of the accused till May 16. Further investigation into the matter is underway.
