Ahmedabad: After three years of evading arrest, a 40-year-old man with a Rs 3,000 reward on his head for 11 break-ins in Madhya Pradesh was nabbed from the city’s Bhat area on Saturday.
Police said Ranvirsinh Rathod, a native of Bhind in MP, was living in Kathlal in Kheda. He was arrested near Indira Bridge.
The Bhind superintendent of police had announced a reward of Rs 3,000 for information on Rathod, wanted in the 11 cases registered at Dehat police station in 2023. Police records show that Rathod has had a criminal history since 2015. He was also booked in multiple cases of robbery and dacoity in 2017 and 2019. Cases were registered against him in 2021 for theft and offences under the Arms Act.
Crime branch officers said Rathod moved between cities in Gujarat after the crimes and worked as a painter. The process to hand him over to MP police has been initiated. Cases against him in MP include theft, offences under the Arms Act, assault and criminal intimidation.