Mumbai police arrest three suspects in reference to the case

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When diamond service provider Jairambhai Ankolia, 39, determined to ship Dh1.38 million value of diamonds to his Dubai workplace from India, little did he know that he can be caught in an outrageous theft, kidnapping and extortion plot.

Three folks have thus far been arrested within the case by Mumbai police. All of them are residents of Surat, a metropolis situated within the western Indian state of Gujarat.

Police mentioned the Ankolia initially reached out to a girl acquaintance in Surat, hoping she would carry alongside the diamonds to Dubai as she occurred to be a frequent customer to the UAE.

Nevertheless, the girl supplied to have the valuable stones despatched by her worker who she claimed was scheduled to journey to Dubai from Mumbai on September 20.

Ankolia was assured that he didn’t have to fret as the worker, Vijay, was reliable.

Because it seems, the girl had hatched a sinister plan with Vijay to not solely steal the valuable stones but in addition make some extra money from extortion, mentioned a police officer who investigated the case.

Safe within the perception that the diamonds will probably be in secure fingers, Ankolia handed them over to Vijay at Mumbai Airport early Tuesday morning.

However Vijay wasn’t flying to Dubai. As a part of a plan, he sneaked out of the airport the place he was met by the opposite two suspects. Nevertheless, when Ankolia known as Vijay to investigate if had boarded the airplane, he carried out the charade, saying he was nonetheless within the immigration queue.

And since subsequent calls to Vijay went unanswered, Ankolia assumed that may be onboard the flight.

The diamond service provider was driving again when he acquired name from a person who claimed that Vijay had been detained by customized officers.

Ankolia was informed that the ‘officers’ would let the person go offered they have been paid some cash.

Ankolia was instructed to fulfill the customized officers at a visitor home in Mira Highway to resolve the matter.

Suspecting foul play, he alerted Mumbai Police which rapidly assembled a staff.

Upon the directions of the police, Ankolia informed the caller that he’ll ship a buddy with the cash to the visitor home.

Nevertheless, no sooner did Ankolia’s buddy attain the visitor home, he was overpowered and detained.

Subsequent, Ankolia acquired a name that they might kill the person if he didn’t pay Rs8 million (Dh336,000) in ransom cash.

A staff from the Mumbai Crime Department led by assistant police inspector V. Raskar then stormed into the visitor home room and nabbed the three suspects together with Vijay.

The diamonds have been additionally recovered. The suspects have been produced earlier than a courtroom and remanded in police custody until September 28.

A hunt has now been launched for the girl.