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Rs 2.45 crore gold jewellry was what a jweller from Rajkot lost in one of the biggest heistsThe jewellery was stolen from his car parked in the busy Chhani jakatnaka area on Friday.
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Rs 2.45 crore gold jewellry was what a jweller from Rajkot lost in one of the biggest heists.
The jewellery was stolen from his car parked in the busy Chhani jakatnaka area on Friday.
An offense registered regarding the incident states that the jeweller Vipul Rasiklal Dhakan had arrived in Vadodara on Wednesday afternoon along with his salesman Jalpesh Lathigara and driver Praful Dangar.
They had brought jewellery weighing approximately 5.75kg with them in two bags.
They then went to a shop in Alkapuri and sold ornaments weighing approximately 800 gm to 850 gm there and checked into a hotel in the same area later.
On Thursday, they went to different shops in Alkapuri and sold gold jewellery weighing 61grams there.
They were left with ornaments weighing around five kg and returned to their hotel.
On Friday morning, they left the hotel and were to leave for Rajkot.
According to Dhakan, the driver suggested that they eat ‘ganthia’ at an eatery at Chhani jakatnaka and they decided to snack before leaving for Rajkot.
They kept the bags in the boot of their car.
After snacks, they went to a shop near-by to eat ‘pan masala’.