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Juvenile amongst 4 held for ‘murder’ of ATM guard in Kutch

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The Kutch (east) police have arrested three males from Uttar Pradesh and a youngster for allegedly murdering a watchman guarding an ATM in Varsamedi village of Kutch district’s Anjar taluka final month.
A staff of the native crime department (LCB) of Kutch (east) police nabbed Ranveer Singh (22), Vishal Rajbar (21) and a juvenile from Uttar Pradesh (UP), introduced them to Gandhidham in Kutch and formally arrested them on Saturday.
Police stated that Singh and Rajbar are residents of Laharpar village in Azamgarh in UP.
“Along with the two men, a juvenile was arrested from UP, their native state where they had been hiding after stabbing the security guard to death,” an officer of Kutch (east) police instructed The Indian Express on Sunday.

After nabbing the three from UP, police additionally arrested Mahesh Wagh (50), a local of Nasik in Maharashtra. Police stated the 4 accused used to dwell in Varsamedi village and had been working in a personal firm.
Security guard Navin Solanki was allegedly stabbed to loss of life by unidentified males February 4 this yr exterior an ATM of the State Bank of India close to the manufacturing plant of Welspun in Varsamedi village of Anjar taluka.
“The accused were working in a private company but felt that their salary was no sufficient for them and therefore devised a plan to earn quick money by breaking an ATM. They hatched a conspiracy to murder the watchman guarding the ATM and then loot money from the booth. According to their plan, they killed the security guard but failed to break the ATM,” the officer additional stated.
Police stated that Shivanand alias Surendra Rajbar, a resident of Lakshmipura in Azamgarh continues to be absconding.
“After murdering the guard, who was a Dalit, the accused threw their clothes in nearby bushes and ran away,” the officer, who’s related to the investigation within the case, additional stated.

The 5 have been booked for homicide in addition to beneath Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocity) Act.