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Man steals exotic birds worth Rs 16 lakh to fund marriage, caught by Ahmedabad police
Ahmedabad: Social media gave him the idea, but a wedding gave him the motive. A Nadiad resident, allegedly, stole 11 exotic birds worth Rs 15.80 lakh from a pet shop in Juhapura, hoping to fund his nuptials scheduled after Diwali.
He planned the theft after seeing social media posts on the shop's birds, but his criminal past and the car he used in the heist led the cops straight to his door.
Tipped off, Ahmedabad Rural police arrested Bishal Yadav, a native of Bihar, for the high-value theft and recovered the birds. SP (Ahmedabad Rural) Om Prakash Jat said, "Upon interrogation, the suspect confessed to the crime. He said that he learnt about the valuable birds and shop through social media reels.
After checking out the shop and the birds, he and his two accomplices executed the theft. We have recovered 11 rare parrots and other stolen items.
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The theft occurred around 3am on Tuesday at a pet store in Top N Town Complex on Sarkhej Road. The complainant, shop owner Akif Shaikh, reported that the thieves stole 11 exotic birds, including three blue gold macaws, a green wing macaw, a Moluccan cockatoo white, a galerita cockatoo white, an umbrella cockatoo white, two African grey parrots, and two eclectus parrots, along with Rs 24,000 cash and other goods.
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Inspector R N Karmatiya, who led the investigation, said that Yadav is a habitual offender and was involved in the theft of goats in Nadiad, Petlad, and Bharuch. "Yadav visited the shop in June and found out the value of each bird. He then waited nearly three weeks for old CCTV footage to auto-delete before committing the crime. Yadav also mortgaged his house in Bihar to purchase the car used in the theft and promised his accomplices, Bittu and Bikha, Rs 15,000 each for their role.
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