Kamto,Vasno Jogdo, Aalapangla Vasunia,Fakru Bhabhor

Four persons involved in four robberies in the state - including a loot of 1 kg of silver ornaments from Bopal on January 12 - were nabbed by the crime branch on Thursday. <br />The arrests come close on heels of a similar operation when eight robbers were arrested on January 18. However, police officials maintained that the two gangs have no connection, barring the fact that they both are from the same district. <br />According to the officials, inspector Ajay Gakhkhar of crime branch got a tip-off that the ornaments looted in Bopal would soon be sold to a jeweller in Ratan Pol at Manek Chowk. <br />Police kept a watch on the area and soon they spotted four youth on two bikes with a bag. The youths were placed under arrest and gold and silver ornaments worth Rs 1.10 lakh and cash worth Rs 42,635 were recovered. Those arrested are Kamto, 24, Khatro Bhabhor, 27, Vasno Jogdo, 27, and Aalapangla Vasunia, 30 - all from Jhabua district of Madhya Pradesh. "On January 12 Anil Soni, owner of Ambika Jewellers, was returning home with his family members. Soni was carrying gold and silver jewellery worth Rs 1.25 lakh. At that time, the arrested and two others waylaid and assaulted Soni," said HR Muliyana, ACP, crime. <br />With this arrest, the police also solved the mystery of a train robbery reported at Godhra railway station. "The gang was headed by Fakru Bhabhor, an absconding criminal, who worked in a different track from Shobhan. He had no specific modus operandi. He used to loot households, rob train passengers, kill people and also was involved in petty thefts. He and his accomplice boarded a train from Jekot railway station ahead of Dahod and then robbed passengers at gun point. When a RPF jawan tried to stop them while descending from Piplod, Fakru fired at him and escaped," said Gakhkhar. <br />The gang was also involved in a similar incident where a train was looted between Meghnagar station in MP and Dahod station in Gujarat. A total of Rs 4.57 lakh was looted from the passengers. <br />"There is no direct connection between the two gangs. While the first one - Shobhan's gang - looted jewellers, this one targeted lone travellers or passers-by. However, two of the members of the second gang used to work with the Shobhan's gang earlier and were responsible for six criminal offences," said Muliyana.

Kamto,Vasno Jogdo, Aalapangla Vasunia,Fakru Bhabhor

Four persons involved in four robberies in the state - including a loot of 1 kg of silver ornaments from Bopal on January 12 - were nabbed b...

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