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Eight persons were arrested for alleged engagement successful a pre-planned racket to bargain 2.1 kilograms of golden jewellery worthy ₹2.58 crore from the cargo of Akasa Air successful Ahmedabad, a constabulary authoritative said connected Friday (May 22, 2026).
The probe into the lawsuit began aft 7 parcels containing golden jewellery were dispatched from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport to Bengaluru done Sequel Logistics Company via Akasa Air connected May 18 and 1 parcel containing 2.1 kilograms of golden went missing, Deputy Commissioner of Police Zone-4 Atulkumar Bansal said.
The Ahmedabad police's probe utilizing method surveillance, CCTV footage etc exposed the full racket involving unit connected Akasa Air, helium added.
Salemohammad, alias Salam Mohammad Amin Ansari, allegedly posed arsenic a rider connected the aforesaid formation connected which the consignment was carried, with his summons being booked successful beforehand by Jayanti Patel, the authoritative said explaining the modus operandi.
"Roshan Patel is in-charge of cleaning astatine Akasa Air, portion Jayesh Parmar is employed successful the relation of cargo handler. When cargo was being loaded from Ahmedabad airport, Mr. Parmar allegedly created an obstruction portion loading the cargo and shifted golden from the parcel to Salam Ansari's bag," the authoritative said.
Mastermind Zaid Ansari, who works arsenic hose information in-charge, allegedly called a gathering of different loaders and carried retired their checking and frisking successful bid to facilitate Mr. Parmar successful his mission, constabulary said.
"The stolen golden was brought to Ahmedabad by Salman Ansari and fixed to 1 Rizwan, who gave it to 1 Paresh who converted the jewellery into golden bars. Paresh past handed the golden bars to different idiosyncratic who aboriginal sold them to antithetic jewellers successful Rajkot and Ahmedabad," the DCP said.
Eight persons person been arrested for stealing 2.1 kg of golden jewellery worthy ₹2.58 crore, with constabulary managing to retrieve ₹1.72 crore of the stolen asset, helium added.
