05-06-2025
History-sheeter flaunting ‘drugs' in BRTS bus caught
Surat: The Detection of Crime Branch (DCB) and Mahidharpur police arrested a history-sheeter a day after his video brandishing a knife, flaunting suspected drugs, and mocking at the cops aboard a BRTS bus went viral on social media.
The accused, identified as Virendra Thakkar, alias Koyato, was caught in Chalisgaon village in Maharashtra's Jalgaon district. Thakkar is a repeat offender with a criminal history involving housebreakings and thefts.
In the video, Thakkar is seen verbally abusing, threatening, and assaulting passengers, particularly a college student, aboard BRTS route E-52, which runs from Adajan Gas Circle to Kamrej. According to witnesses, the chaos began when the bus halted at Surat railway station and Thakkar boarded.
When a college student requested him to behave, Thakkar responded with threats and foul language.
He then pulled a knife from his pocket, threatened the student, and showed a transparent plastic bag containing a white powdery substance, claiming it was drugs worth Rs 5,000. Thakkar bragged about being a "Royal Kathiyawadi," claimed involvement in multiple crimes, and mocked the Surat police, saying they failed to catch him. He also claimed to be the son of a millionaire and boasted that his watch was worth Rs 2.5 lakh.
As his intimidation continued, one of the co-passengers discreetly filmed the entire episode. The video, later shared by multiple passengers on social media, quickly went viral and reached the police.
