Ahmedabad: In a dramatic turn of events the Gujarat crime branch nabbed a 29-year-old wanted man from a 'dhaba' in Patan, Gujarat. The man is wanted for multiple cases of armed robbery & vehicle theft.
CCTV footage from the 'dhaba' is going viral after the Ahmedabad Police released it, shows several surrounding the accused.
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The video is from the June 27th evening from 'Ekta restaurant' in Amarpura village of the Patan city. In the footage, plain-clothed cops can be seen swiftly move towards the accused and the three others with him. They hold each other of them down and search the accused.
According to an Indian Express article, a semi-automatic pistol, two magazines, and five rounds of ammunition were seized from the accused named Kishore Panchal alias KK, a native of Deesa in Banaskantha. He is wanted for multiple cases pertaining to at least 10 police stations including rape, armed loot, vehicle theft, house break-in assault in Ahmedabad, Banaskantha, and Rajasthan. The report said that the Anti Organised Crime Unit of DCB was investigating two cases of vehicle theft from Chandkheda and Sabarmati police stations in Ahmedabad which pointed towards KK's involvement.
KK is also booked for a rape case in Banaskantha. According to the police, he uses duplicate keys to steal vehicles and even loot people in deserted places by threatening them with weapons. "In 2019, he was sent to Rajkot jail under the Prevention of Anti Social Activities (PASA) act and in 2016, he was also sent to Rajkot from Banaskantha under PASA,” a senior official was quoted as saying by the Indian Express article.