Patola worth nearly Rs. half crore stolen from Rajkot shop

Rajkot: The theft of items worth around Rs 47 lakh occurred at a Patola Shop in Rajkot city.

The thieves allegedly stole Patola, Dupatta, Choli, and purses worth around Rs 47 lakh from a shop named V.J. Sons Patola located near Sarveshwar Chowk in Rajkot and escaped in an Eco car. The investigation is started through CCTV footage.

Vipulbhai Vadher, living in Ramkrushna Nagar West behind Virani high school owns V.J. Sons Patola shop in Sapphire complex near Sarveshwar chowk. The items including Patola had arrived in the shop in the afternoon on Saturday from Haryana and Rajasthan. The shop was closed after keeping the items in it. The watchman of the complex Balbahadur Buddhiram Chaudhari ran towards the shop after hearing the sound of breaking of glass. He then saw several people escaping with bags from the shop. They escaped in a white colored Eco car. The car’s number plate was covered with a white cloth. He conveyed about the theft to Manoj Parmar, a worker of the shop, through a call.

Manoj Parmar conveyed the same to the owner Vipulbhai Vadher. The owner conveyed the matter to the police. The police started an investigation with the help of dog squad and fingerprint expert. As per the complaint, the thieves allegedly stole items worth Rs 46.93 lakh; which include 100 Rajkoti Patola worth Rs 8 lakh, 70 Patan Patola worth Rs 30 lakh, 40 Patan Ikkat Patola worth Rs 12,500, 150 Rajkoti Dupatta, 60 Patan dupatta, 50 ladies purses, choli worth Rs 2.5 lakh. DeshGujarat