Truck carrying cumin seeds worth Rs 14 lakh stolen on Jetpur-Junagadh highway

  • | Friday | 20th April, 2018

In total, 194 gunny bags of cumin seeds worth Rs 14 lakh were stolen, while the truck was worth Rs 3 lakh. Rajkot: A truck carrying cumin seeds was stolen at Jetalsar village near Jetpur on Jetpur-Junagadh highway in Rajkot district on Wednesday night. Tank had transporting the cumin seeds supply from Jai Yogeshwar Trading in Gondal Market Yard to trading firms Ahmed Overseas and Jaisukhlal Narandas in Junagadh.tnn They locked Tank in the temple room and then took away the truck,” said Jetpur taluka police sub-inspector Hakumatsinh Jadeja. “They arrived in a car and waylaid the truck near Jetalsar village.

Rajkot: A truck carrying cumin seeds was stolen at Jetalsar village near Jetpur on Jetpur-Junagadh highway in Rajkot district on Wednesday night. In total, 194 gunny bags of cumin seeds worth Rs 14 lakh were stolen, while the truck was worth Rs 3 lakh. According to police, there were six unidentified robbers who had posed as cops. “They arrived in a car and waylaid the truck near Jetalsar village. They beat truck driver Rajesh Tank (35), a resident of Junagadh, and then kidnapped him in the car to a temple in Jamnavad village of Dhoraji taluka in Rajkot district. They locked Tank in the temple room and then took away the truck,” said Jetpur taluka police sub-inspector Hakumatsinh Jadeja. Tank had transporting the cumin seeds supply from Jai Yogeshwar Trading in Gondal Market Yard to trading firms Ahmed Overseas and Jaisukhlal Narandas in Junagadh.tnn

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