Archive · 21 May 2025
Navsari Police Apprehend Diamond Thief After 34 Years
Imagine a man who took some expensive shiny rocks and money a long, long time ago.
He then disappeared and wasn't seen for many years.
Recently, the police got a tip about where he was hiding.
The police went to the place and found the man.
They arrested him because he was wanted for stealing those shiny rocks and cash way back in 1991.
The police had been looking for him for 34 years!
The man was caught near a border between two states, after the police used information they got to find him.
Navsari police arrested a 62-year-old man.
The man was wanted for a diamond theft that occurred 34 years ago.
He was apprehended near the Gujarat-Rajasthan border.
The theft involved diamonds and cash.
The arrest was based on human and technical intelligence.
- Who
- Dholaram Bishnoi, also known as Hemtaji Bishnoi.
- What
- He was arrested for a diamond theft that occurred 34 years prior.
- When
- The arrest occurred on May 20th.
- Where
- He was apprehended near the Gujarat-Rajasthan border, at Nenava village in the Dhanera police station jurisdiction.
- Why
- He was wanted for allegedly stealing diamonds and cash.
- Arresting Authority
- Navsari Local Crime Branch (LCB)
- Age of the Arrested
- 62
- Year of the Theft
- 1991
- Stolen Items
- Rs 80,000 and Rs 30,000
- Suspect's Residence
- Lachiwad village, Sanchor district, Rajasthan