RAJKOT: A pick-up van driver lost Rs 4 lakh cash kept in his vehicle in Gondal on October 13. The victim Savji Dholariya lodged a complaint of theft on Monday at Gondal city police station.
Dholariya told police that he had received the cash after selling the soya bean crop of a farmer in the APMC market. On his way home, Dholariya stopped at a market to make some purchases and left the cash in the vehicle hidden under the seat. While Dholariya was busy, the thieves opened his vehicle and took away the cash.
On realizing that the cash had been stolen, he checked the CCTV camera’s footage and saw two men taking away the cash. Police said that before the theft was committed, Dholariya had seen the two men loitering around his vehicle, but he did not find anything suspicious.