Daylight robbery in doctor’s home

THALTEJ HORROR

Daylight robbery in doctor’s home

Man Walks Into Gated Society, Ties Up Doc’s Son

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Ahmedabad:29.09.2020

Law and order is at stake in the city’s tony Thaltej area. This time, a robber barged into a doctor’s house in a residential society behind Zydus Hospital, tied his son — an MBBS student, robbed valuables worth Rs 52,000 and fled on his motorcycle on Monday afternoon.

The incident happened at a time when the area had routine traffic movement and police were deployed at almost all the crossroads on SG Road from where the accused fled from the crime scene. Inspector J P Jadeja of Sola police said the robbery took place at the house in Somvilla Society owned by Dr Prakash Darji, a nephrologist with a private hospital.

“Dr Prakash’s son Bhavya, a final year MBBS student in GCS Medical College in Naroda, was alone at home when the robber, who wore a helmet, tied his hands with a laptop cable and his legs with cellotape, robbed his bracelet and other valuables worth Rs 52,000 from the house and fled,” said Jadeja.

He said that the accused was captured in CCTV cameras installed in the residential society and attempts are on to nab him.

Bhavya told police that he was sleeping on the sofa at around 2.15pm on Monday. At that time, he woke up and went to close the main door of the house and found an unknown person on the first floor of his house.

Before Bhavya could respond, the man, who was around 5 feet 7 inches tall and wearing denim jeans and black Tshirt, pushed him and put a knife to his neck. He robbed him of his bracelet and told him to give other valuables.

Bhavya told cops that the robber took him to a room on first floor where he tied Bhavya’s hands with a laptop cable and his legs with cellotape which the robber had brought with himself.

He sought keys of a cupboard for money but as Bhavya said that he did not have the keys, he tried to break the cupboard. When he was unable to break it, he picked up some silver utensils and fled.

Somvilla Society The doctor’s house where the robbery took place on Monday

The robber caught on camera entering and leaving the society

Insider’s job?

Police officials probing into the robbery case at Dr Prakash Darji’s house suspect that this might be the job of some insider. “The robber struck at a time when Dr Prakash Darji and his wife were not at home and their younger son was sleeping in the house. The robber was well aware of the movements of the house’s residents and he was seen in CCTV footage comfortably entering and leaving the society. His movement indicated that he was familiar with the road and also knew that Dr Darji and his wife were not at home,” said a police officer.

PLUSH AREAS ON TARGET OF ROBBERS:

Just three days after a motorcycle-borne duo robbed two persons at two different locations in Thaltej and Vastrapur, a man carried out the robbery at the doctor’s house. Security is constantly being compromised in the plush areas of the city which were considered safest.