A 78-year-old woman was allegedly snatched from her neck by a gold chain at ISKCON Mandir Road in Gotri area of Vadodara city yesterday afternoon. Three unidentified youths came on an Activa and snatched the woman's chain and fled. The Vadodara Crime Branch team has nabbed the 3 accused in a matter of hours and further investigation is underway in the matter. After the incident, a team of Vadodara city crime branch immediately activated and conducted an investigation. On the basis of CCTV footage and human sources, the three accused were nabbed with Activa from Ajwa Road on Vinay Road in the open plot behind Vinay Society near Khodiyarnagar-2. Names and addresses of the arrested accused:
Prakash alias Bucho Dharmeshbhai Marwari (23), a resident of Marwari. Yellow Wooda, Opposite Jio Petrol Pump, Khodiyarnagar, Vadodara
Mehul Kantibhai Salat (24), residing. Ramdevnagar-1, Opp. Saraswati School, Ajwa Road, Vadodara
Vishal Rajubhai Dabhi (19), residing. Khodiyarnagar, New VIP Road, Near Prabhuji Party Plot, Vadodara During the search of the accused, a gold chain (weighing 14.650 grams), an Activa and a mobile phone were recovered. The estimated value of the total consignment is Rs 2,25,905. As the accused could not produce Aadhaar evidence and were giving extravagant answers, intensive interrogation was conducted on further suspicion in which they confessed to the crime. Criminal history of the accused:
The accused Prakash alias Bucho Marwari has earlier been arrested in a total of 4 offences of burglary, chain snatching and theft from a house (offences registered in Manjalpur, Bapod, Warsia, Karelibaug police stations). The accused, Mehul Salat, was earlier arrested in 2023 at Makarpura police station for cheating.
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