20 days after the daring dacoity near Wadivhare in Nashik, in which a gang posing as police officers looted 58 kg of gold biscuits worth Rs 15.6 crores from a logistics van, the police have released a sketch of one of the suspects and an actual photo of the other. The police have launched a massive manhunt for the culprits.
20 days after the daring dacoity near Wadivhare in Nashik, in which a gang posing as police officers looted 58 kg of gold biscuits worth Rs 15.6 crores from a logistics van, the police have released a sketch of one of the suspects and an actual photo of the other. The police have launched a massive manhunt for the culprits.
Speaking to dna, superintendent of police Nashik rural, Sanjay Mohite said, "On the basis of investigations in the case so far, we have identified two more suspects in addition to the two who have already been arrested in the case. One for them is called Salim and the other is Ramcharan Mishra."
Mishra who is said to have dropped his bag in the van, worked as a security guard at a company in Mumbai. He is also understood to have resigned from his job a day before the dacoity. "Mishra has also been traced to his village up north, and it is found that he is a wanted criminal with charges of murdering his wife," police said.
The modus operandi of the whole dacoity appears to be thoroughly planned and would make for a movie script. Salim, (which is probably not his real name) is said to be the key player. His computerised sketch has been released based on the description on the two arrested and the witnesses to the crime.
Salim contacted a few persons to plan the robbery. "Investigation reveals that the persons in communication were told to dispose the sim card as well as the phone which was used for communication, immediately after the message was passed, and vanish from the area." Police suspect that 10-12 such sim cards have been used and disposed of. Those who kept or reused the sim cards were held by the police.
Two persons have been already arrested by Wadivhare police in this case. Mohite said that another suspect Fida Waris who was working with the company in Mumbai, which sent the gold biscuits from Mumbai to Shirpur, was hovering around the company premises until the van carrying the gold left. He is said to have informed Salim about the movement of the van. Fida Waris is in custody of Nashik rural police.
Regarding Salim, police doubt if it is his real or fake identity. Mohite said that they have procured data for all criminals arrested since 2010 in Mumbai, and have searched for all those named Salim. They have checked all photo records as well. A case of dacoity was filed at Wadivhare police station against five unknown persons.
According to police, 60 kg of gold worth Rs 16.23 crores belonging to a diamond company was being transported by Sequel Logistics Company, Mumbai, to a refinery in Shirpur, Dhule district, by road on the morning of April 24.
When the vehicle reached Wadivhare in Nashik around afternoon, a white Logan car which was chasing it, stopped the vehicle. Five persons posing as policemen said that they suspected that the gold was stolen and demanded that the vehicle be taken to the police station. They beat the people in the vehicle including the driver, the company officials and the security personnel. The gang held them at gun point and tied up their hands and legs. All the men in the vehicle were beaten badly. The robbers then looted the gold in the vehicle and managed to sneak away with 58 gold biscuits each weighing one kg, worth Rs 15.6 crore. They also stole two mobile phones and fled away.
Security personnel in the vehicle, Javed Ahmed, later managed to free himself and the others, and rushed to the nearest Wadivhare police station.
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