Summary:
They threatened to book them in a rape and molestation case and asked for Rs 1.50 lakh. At the toll booth on Morbi Road, a woman whom Najma had identified as Dharti met them and sat in the car. On March 19, Najma called Paladia and told him that she had found a suitable woman for marriage with him and called him from Morbi to Rajkot.Paladia and Rajput drove to Rajkot in their car. After this, Paladia drove the car to the Aji river bank in Bhagwatipara locality as directed by Dharti.“While Paladia parked his car and started the conversation, two scooter-borne unidentified men arrived and dragged out both Paladia and Rajput and thrashed them. As they didn’t have enough money, the accused robbed them of Rs 8,000 cash, two cellphones and one gold chain, before fleeing from the spot,” said an official from B division police station.Paladia told the cops that as he was scared, he got delayed in lodging the complaint.In Vanthali, Kapil Kubawat (35), Kishor Gedia (30) and Jairaj Gohil (33), all residents of Una, were robbed of Rs 48,000 cash by six accused including a woman identified as Gopi..