Chapter 5, Kartavya
Why an Eerie Silence in Modasa?
The afternoon of 18th July 2022 will probably never be forgotten by Modasa town. The whole Modasa town was stunned. An incident that occurred in the afternoon shook the people of the district entirely. That incident was so serious that it’s echoes were heard in Gandhinagar after a short while.
Malpur road was centre of shopping as many famous showrooms and shops were located there. It was crowded with people all day long. There situated a well-known showroom of electronics. Once, the owner of this showroom was busy with his work when suddenly three people barged in the shop. One of them possessed a pistol in his hand. They rushed towards the counter and demanded 4 lakh rupees from the shop owner at gunpoint. The owner of the showroom was taken aback by this sudden incident. He was at a loss to understand as how to react under this situation. However the owner fearlessly resisted the three unknown people and refused to hand over any money.
The unknown assailants who had come to the showroom with the intention of loot and robbery, resorted to violence. One of the assailant’s took a hammer and hit the showroom owner hard on the head. Blood gushed profusely from the head of the showroom owner. However, he still resisted the robbers with full courage. People gathered on hearing the commotion, and the robbers fled for the fear of being caught. The robbers threatened a young man and fled away by forcibly snatching away his moped.
The showroom owner screamed in bloody state, people gathered, but by the time the robbers had succeeded in fleeing away. During this commotion the criminals vanished in thin air. Never had such a violence with the intent of robbery in broad daylight taken place in such a congested area of Modasa town. This incident went viral. The whole town was shocked by it.
The police on getting the news, immediately rushed to the spot. Seeing the seriousness of the incident, Sanjay Kharat, the Chief of police himself reached the crime spot in no time.
This incident was broadcasted as breaking news by all the TV channels. The State Home Minister also spoke directly with the District Chief of Police to quickly resolve this issue of violent burglary.
Solving this case was a tough challenge for the police. The bike on which the criminals had arrived did not even have a number plate, but luckily the entire incident was captured on CCTV. The CCTV footage went viral so much that the disturbing visuals reached to the majority of people’s mobiles. Based on this footage and ‘NETRAM’, the robbers were now to be traced.
Without losing a single moment, the district police set wheels in motion to nab the criminals. Dy Sp. Bharat Basiya, LCB PI C. P. Vaghela and other senior officers together with team ‘NETRAM’ started working on this case. The private informers were activated. All these actions took place within a couple of hours after the incident.
PSI J. H. Chowdhry, in charge of NETRAM branch, examined the footages from CCTV cameras installed all over the town. His phone rang, but the pressure of work was such that he did not have leisure to pick up his phone. The phone rang second time, a third time… He was repeatedly getting a phone call over and over again. He finally received it. The other side said that they knew the person who was involved in that day’s incident. One of the culprits was a person living in a village of Talod Taluka and the other two of his accomplices were his friends who lived in an area nearby Modasa.
An important link got in hand for solving the case. Details about the burglars were acquired through NETRAM CCTV footages. They had ditched the moped on the highway on running out of petrol, and had fled towards the jungle. Police cordoned the area and caught all the three culprits and seized the motorcycle used in the loot, fake pistol and their mobiles.
The incident had occurred in the afternoon and before nightfall the culprits were already in custody of the police. This was a huge success. By solving the case in mere 3 to 4 hours, the police reassured the public that any criminal howsoever with high connections, too, cannot escape from the clutches of the police. The media, who was questioning the performance of the police just two or three hours ago, was now admiring the performance of the same police. The Aravalli police were showered congratulations from all over. The State Home Minister also praised the Aravalli Police Chief for this speedy solution of much debated and lime lighted case.
When the accused was interrogated about as to how the idea of stealing occurred to him. The answer he gave was really shocking. He said, “I bought a music system worth Rs 1.5 lakh at home but I did not have enough money to pay for it. So, by looting, I intended to pay the remaining price.” The police too were startled on hearing this.
Anyone who spends more than his income on unnecessary hobbies and shows off will eventually regret it.
©️Translated into English by Pallavi Gupta 🌷
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