Udaipur police found an abandoned Vadodara police car and were shocked to find important case papers of Vadodara's Chhani police station, a .303 rifle and seven live cartridges.
Ten days after the dramatic case of 'lost and found' Sylvester Daniel - a key witness in Sohrabuddin fake encounter case - another setback by Vadodara police has surfaced. On Tuesday, Udaipur police found an abandoned Vadodara police car near Hiran Magri area of Udaipur.
After searching the white Tata Sumo bearing a red beacon, the Rajasthan cops were shocked to find important case papers of Vadodara's Chhani police station, a .303 rifle and seven live cartridges. Later, it was revealed that the Tata Sumo belongs to Chhani police and was abandoned by the driver after fleeing with the car on Monday night.
After arresting a key accused for smuggling 196 kg of opium a week ago, Chhani police acquired the remand of Narendra Patidar, a resident of Mandsaur in MP, till October 19. To arrest one of the Naresh's accomplices, Vadodara police had decided to go to his village in Mandsaur.
On October 16, five policemen of Chhani police took Naresh with them and went to his village in Mandsaur. After arresting Naresh's aide Shyamlal Patidar, the team was coming back to Vadodara via Udaipur. The policemen included PSI RS Kharadi, ASI Bharatsinh, constables Santosh Shyam Bihari and Kiran Baliya and drivers Jesing Abhesing and Dinesh Vala.
On their way back on Monday night, the team halted at Poonam Restaurant near Kherwada in Rajasthan on the highway. When all of them were having dinner at 11 pm, driver Dinesh Vala sneaked out and drove away the Tata Sumo without giving any reason to his colleagues.
Clueless as to why Dinesh fled with the police vehicle containing case papers and a rifle, the other policemen and the two accused came to Vadodara in a private bus after waiting for Vala for more than an hour at the restaurant.
On their way back, they informed the Shamlaji check-post and Himmatnagar police to look for their 'stolen car'. They also tried to call on Vala's mobile phone, but both of his numbers were switched off. After investigation, Chhani police came to know that Vala had spoken to his wife last at 12:30 am that night and then switched off his phone.
After the recovery of the Tata Sumo (GJ-18-G-2835) near Udaipur, Chhani police are still on the hunt for their missing driver. Vadodara cops are also investigating the reasons behind Vala taking such a step.
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