This story is from November 29, 2014

Two members of inter-state gang held in Naranpura

A team of Naranpura police caught two persons, suspected to be part of an inter-state gang, near Naranpura crossing on Thursday night. The duo was found in possession of two laptops that they had taken on rent.
Two members of inter-state gang held in Naranpura
AHMEDABAD: A team of Naranpura police caught two persons, suspected to be part of an inter-state gang, near Naranpura crossing on Thursday night. The duo was found in possession of two laptops that they had taken on rent.
According to police, Pranav Shah, a resident of Gitanjali Society near Radhaswamy Road in Ranip owns a shop at Sahajanand Complex in Naranpura.
A few days ago, two persons had approached him inquiring about whether he provides laptop on rent. When Shah answered in affirmative, they identified themselves as representatives of a Noida-based firm that wanted to start an enterprise in the city and before their office could be set up, they wanted to provide the computers to the staff members.
“The duo, now identified as Deepak Kushwaha, 35, a resident of New Delhi, and Amit Rastogi, 32, a resident of Gurgaon, Haryana, had told Shah that they would require 200 laptops and had asked to make necessary arrangements and had also taken a laptop from him on trial basis. When the duo talked about a meeting with the senior officials and providing cheque towards the payment, Shah got suspicious and informed police,” said a Naranpura police official.
The duo was tracked on the basis of technical surveillance and was found in possession of two laptops including one taken from Shah. “They have confessed that they wanted to escape with the laptops once it gets delivered as the cheque was going to be bounced. With the same modus operandi, they have committed offences in Delhi and Mumbai. We also got to know that similar ‘agents’ are active in other states,” said an investigator. They added that they used to choose the targets on the basis of the online advertisements of the suppliers of the laptops and computers.
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