Interstate robbery gang leader held

Accused burgled house in Kottayam and decamped with jewellery worth Rs3.6m

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The Kerala police arrested the leader of an interstate robbery gang from a hideout in Gujarat after two weeks of manhunt, following a burglary at a house in Kottayam district this month.

The accused, Guru Sajan, a resident of Dhar district in Madhya Pradesh, was arrested on Wednesday from a firm in Gujarat, where he had been working under a false identity, along with his family, after fleeing the Kottayam robbery.

The arrest has unearthed several robberies committed by the gang in various states, said the police.

Family was in hospital