A shocking case of fraud and robbery has come to light in Gujarat’s East Kutch area. Like the film Special 26, 12 people posing as fake ED officers raided the house and shop of a gold trader and escaped with gold and cash worth Rs 25 lakh. However, their trickery was soon caught and the police recovered all the cash. In 2013, a film starring actors Akshay Kumar and Manoj Bajpayee was released, named Special 26. In this film, these people used to raid the houses of ministers and businessmen by posing as fake CBI officers and loot them.
Something similar has been seen in Gujarat’s Kutch area as well. After fake doctors, fake hospitals, fake police, fake judges, the thugs tried to rob a businessman by posing as fake ED (Enforcement Directorate) officers, but this time they were caught. Police arrested 12 thugs. In fact, the police has arrested a gang of 12 thugs who raided the East Kutch area by posing as fake Enforcement Directorate (ED) team. This gang reached Radhika Jewelers and their house in Gandhidham posing as fake ED officers and fled after stealing gold, silver and cash worth Rs 25 lakh 25 thousand.
After the theft incident, the owner of Radhika Jewelers lodged a complaint at Gandhidham (Division A) Police Station. Based on his complaint, 10 teams of LCB and A Division Police Station were engaged in investigation under the leadership of Inspector Sagar Bagmar of East Kutch. Police raided Ahmedabad, Bhuj and Gandhidham and arrested 12 accused. Translator turned out to be the mastermind Regarding this case of fraud, Kutch SP Sagar Bagmar said that the mastermind of this gang is Shailendra Desai, who works as a translator in the DRI office.
He had planned the raid by introducing himself as an ED officer. According to the police, Bharat Modwadia and Devayat Khachar along with him involved the rest of the members to execute this plan. Out of these, 6 accused were locals, who had good knowledge of the area. One mistake landed them in jail. Police investigation revealed that a woman was also involved in the gang. The accused have confessed their crime during police interrogation. Police reached the accused through the vehicles used during the fake raid. SP said that the gang lured people and they were exposed in the first raid itself. Police have recovered all the stolen goods. At present, one accused is absconding, whose search is on.