Gandhinagar: The Gujarat Government will reward Surat Police with Rs10 lakh for solving the heist of Rs12 crore worth diamonds that had happened in Surat earlier this month. The decision was taken by chief minister Vijay Rupani and it was announced in the Gujarat Legislative Assembly by the state Home Minister Pradipsinh Jadeja while answering a question raised by Katargam MLA Vinodbhai Moradiya about the development in the Surat diamond theft case.

Jadeja said, 'The manager of Surat-based Glowstar Diamonds was travelling to Katargam to deposit the diamonds worth over 12 crores in a safety locker when five unknown men attacked him with a shock-baton and fled with the diamonds, but Surat Police got into action and without wasting time, traced the owner of the car that was used in the theft with the help of CCTV footages from the spot. Even though the owner claimed to have sold the car long back, police not only tracked down the criminals from Uttar Pradesh and caught them but also recovered all the diamonds that were worth Rs12.68 crores.

And thus the chief minister decided to appreciate the hard work of Surat police by announcing a reward of Rs10 lakhs for them.