Vadodara: In one hour after they attacked an old woman and looted gold jewelry and cash worth Rs 2.61 lakh in the city on Monday, police arrested three people including a woman.
The police said that the three had planned a booty and reset a house in Sonali Society in Karelibaug for the past few days.
According to the police, when the 72-year-old Ranjan GOR did a puja around 6 in the morning.
On Monday, four people broke through.
They attacked Ranjan and even surrounded it with a knife.
“One of the accused, Ritesh Godadiya held the knife and he continued to force Ranjan to give the key to the locker.
When he refused, he lounced it with a knife,” said R I Jadeja, Karelibaug Polri.
Fourth allegations, Arjun Kharwa watched outside the house.
“When all four escaped from the house, Ranjan raised the alarm and the neighbors were too rushed in.
But the guards managed to catch rawal while the other three escaped from the place.
The police then questioned the rawal, who gave the name and location accused of another.” The whole plan was hatched by Lesung Pipit who had worked as a house aid at Ranjan’s house for the past two months.
He knew when Ranjan was alone and how to enter the bungalow from the first floor, “added Jadyja.
Give late need rawal assistance, Godadiya and Kharwa to do a booty.
He even wore a shirt and jeans and covered his face to appear as a man while committing a crime.
Said that Godadiya, who committed a violation of him in the city, was in the run.
“We have recovered some valuables looted from the trio who said that ornaments with Godadiya,” said Jadeja.