Thu, 20 Aug, 2026, 06:41 pm
Thieves dial cops for rescue on getting locked in jewellery shop in Gujarat
Reported by The Times of India
SURAT: In a bizarre turn of events, two men allegedly attempting to burglarise a jewellery shop in Sanjan, Valsad, ended up calling the police themselves after residents locked them inside the shop.
The duo were rescued by a 112 response team in the early hours of Wednesday and arrested later.
The accused were identified as Dinesh alias Chandrashankar alias Santosh Sonkar (32), currently living in Boisar East, and Vipin alias Gaurav Pathak (27), a resident of Nalasopara East. Both are from Palghar district in Maharashtra and natives of Uttar Pradesh, police said.
According to the investigation, the duo travelled by train from Palghar to Umargam before reaching the market area in Sanjan, where they allegedly targeted B J Jewellers.
Around 2am, they began cutting the shop’s shutter lock with a cutter, reportedly stepping away every few minutes to avoid attracting attention.