SOG nabs three armed criminals

Three armed criminals were arrested by special operation group (SOG) from Chandkheda circle in the city on Monday night. According to police, they are notorious criminals and had been recently released from jail. The SOG personnel said that the criminals were planning a major abduction and were arrested on a tip-off.

A pistol and two cartridges were recovered from the outlaws. Sources said the arrested criminals were planning to kidnap a cricket bookie and a share broker for ransom.

Police sources said, Dharamendra Rajput alias Bablu from Bihar, Manoj Sharma alias Taklu, from Madhya Pradesh and Rakesh Dogra from Himachal Pradesh, were behind bars for cases of loots in Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Rajkot and Mehsana and were released from jail about two months back.

They had become good friends while serving their terms in the jail, sources added.
Rajput, who used to live in Shivdhara Apartment in Thaltej, was arrested in the infamous Dr Sonia murder case but was released recently. Sharma, a resident of Human Nagar in Chandkheda, was earlier arrested for killing a rickshaw driver, Ramesh
Thakor.

The SOG team of JM Bharwad Samat Aahir, Ghanshyam Aahir and Ramesh Parmar arrested the trio and handed them over to the city crime branch.