The Ahmedabad Crime Branch made a significant recovery of gold jewelry valued at over Rs 20 lakh and apprehended two women linked to the theft from a visiting non-resident Indian (NRI) woman. The accused, identified as Ramilaben Parmar (28) and Sarla Ganava (34), residents of Vadaj and Nirmalnagar respectively, originally hail from Dahod district. They allegedly targeted passengers on crowded BRTS and AMTS buses, using young children to avoid suspicion and posing as daily-wage workers during the thefts.
The victim, Saryuben, a US resident who was in Gujarat with her family for a religious event at the Dada Bhagwan Trimandir in Adalaj, had her ancestral gold stolen while on a bus journey. Following a complaint lodged at the Satellite Police Station under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, the suspects were swiftly identified and apprehended by the Crime Branch. A senior officer mentioned that all stolen jewelry, including six gold coins, a gold bangle, and a gold necklace, with a total worth of Rs 20.2 lakh, has been recovered.
The recovered items, which include six gold coins from AB Jewels weighing 102.5 grams, a gold bangle valued at Rs 2.3 lakh, and a gold necklace worth Rs 1.5 lakh, have been seized. The police are investigating possible connections of the accused to similar incidents in Ahmedabad. In a separate incident in December, a UK-based NRI reported a theft in Vadodara where cash and jewelry worth Rs 7.15 lakh were stolen. Previously, in November, Ahmedabad police cracked down on a fake call center involved in defrauding NRIs through fake medicine schemes, resulting in the arrest of 24 individuals and the seizure of computers and servers.
