Man attacked in robbery bid; two arrested in Gujarat’s Vadodara. Pradeep Munshi, a manager in a private company, was ambushed by an auto-rickshaw driver and his accomplice, who assaulted him with wooden sticks. In Gujarat, theft and burglary cases have been a persistent concern over the past five years. Between 2018 and 2023, the state recorded a total of 97,950 incidents of theft and burglaries. Only 46,636 of these cases were solved, indicating a detection rate of approximately 50 per cent. This translates to an average of 38 thefts and nine burglaries reported daily during this period. The city’s Detection of Crime Branch registered 296 offences in 2024, marking a 50% increase from the previous year.Temples in Gujarat have also been targeted, with 501 reported thefts in the past three years, resulting in losses totalling Rs 4.93 crore. The breakdown includes 151 incidents in 2020-21, 178 in 2021-22, and 172 in 2022-23. The number of chain-snatching cases in 2024 was the highest in the state.
