Thief wanted in three cases arrested

Rajkot: A thief wanted for three burglaries was arrested from Pedak Road by Rajkot B division police on Monday.
Police said the accused, identified as Pradeep Padhariya (21), was arrested on the basis of a tip-off about his whereabouts on Pedak Road.
“Initially, Padhariya stubbornly refuted all the allegations levelled against him. However, when we put his name in pocket cop application, it was found that Padhariya had been arrested in as many as nine thefts, from which he had obtained bail,” said M V Osura, inspector with Rajkot B division police station.
During his interrogation, Padhariya said he had committed three thefts after his release on bail in Rajkot. The biggest theft he had committed was in Jagjeet Apartment on Manhar Plot from where he had stolen cash, gold and silver jewellery, all worth Rs 3.23 lakh, on Saturday.
On July 5, Padhariya had broken into a flat of Lokmanya Tilak Township on Morbi Road, from where he had stolen gold jewellery worth Rs 30,000.
Last month, he had broken into a house near Kotharia Solvant and committed theft, but he didn’t remember how much amount he had stolen.