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Rajkot Looting: Gold Worth Rs 1.5 Crore Seized in Rajasthan
- •Gold and silver worth approximately Rs 1.55 crore, looted after an employee was shot dead in Rajkot, have been recovered in Rajasthan.
- •The robbery took place on October 14 at Tanvi Exports India Limited in Rajkot, where employee Laljibhai Sarpra was killed by miscreants.
- •Following an alert from Gujarat police, barricades were set up across Sirohi and Udaipur districts in Rajasthan.
- •Udaipur police intercepted a vehicle on Thursday morning, detaining two suspects and recovering the stolen gold and silver.
- •Rajkot police have been informed and are expected to arrive in Udaipur to take custody of the accused and recovered goods.
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Following information from the Gujarat police about a robbery and murder in Rajkot, border areas in Rajasthan were put on high alert, and barricades were set up in Sirohi and Udaipur. This swift coordinated action led to the interception of a vehicle and the detention of two suspects carrying the stolen goods.
The total value of the recovered gold and silver was approximately Rs 1 crore 55 lakh 7 thousand. This included about 946 grams of gold alongside 2.870 kilograms of silver powder.
On the evening of October 14, two miscreants targeted an employee named Laljibhai Sarpra as he left a refinery in Rajkot's Aji GIDC area. When Laljibhai resisted an attempt to snatch his bag, one of the accused shot him, and he later succumbed to his injuries at the hospital while the attackers fled with the loot.
