<![CDATA[A copy of a Mumbai-datelined newspaper, which the police officers recovered from a jewellery-making unit that was looted on March 6, provided vital clues which led to the apprehention of the alleged kingpin behind the dacoity. Hyderabad City Commissioner of Police Mr.Anjani Kumar told on Thursday that after recovering a newspaper from the spot and analyzing footage from some 300 surveillance cameras in and around the scene of offense, we concluded that it was a Mumbai-based interstate gang that looted the jewellery making unit. Within 10 days after a gang made off with over 3.5 kg of gold during a daylight dacoity from the jewellery making unit in Petlaburj, the city police on Thursday claimed that they had solved the case with the arrest of the alleged mastermind, identified as Amjad Khwaha Ameen Shaik alias Amja (41), a resident of Thane in Maharashtra. He was arrested and brought to city on Thursday. Police seized gold and other gems worth Rs. 6 lakh from his possession. According to the Police Commissioner 10 persons were involved in the dacoity. The gang had entered the premises in groups and after looting the jewellery at knife-point, had shared the booty and went their separate ways by different modes of transport, he explained. The arrested was also involved more than 40 offenses, including several robberies and dacoities in Maharashtra and other States, he told. Shaik had put together the gang and conducted several rounds of visits in order to become familiar with the jewellery making unit owned by a Mumbai-based Bengali businessman, Nitya Das, before looting it. Mr Das’ jewellery shop in West Thane, is hardly 5 km from Shaik’s residence. The police told that he had kept a close watch on Das’s business and decided to loot his workshop in Hyderabad, which was in a locality where 600 such jewellery making units operate. Mr. Kumar told that the arrested has a well-organised set up. “Soon after the arrest, their advocates will file the habeas corpus petitions/ writ petitions or missing cases in the courts and also approach the Human Rights Commission”. Police sources told that the accused came to the city by train on the same day and dispersed soon after the offense. The Commissioner told adding that 17 teams, including five Task Force teams and one team of technical experts, were working round-the-clock to nab others involved in the case.]]>
