It Has All The Ingredients Of A Potboiler: Gold Sovereigns Raining Down From A Ceiling, Thieves Rejoicing In The Riches, Cops Behind Bars And An Interstate Probe. While 240 Coins Have Been Found, Nobody Knows How Many Were Stolen
This gold coins theft case, ridden with headline-spewing developments, has investigators struggling to make head and tail of it. What took place last year in Gujarat’s Bilimora ended up creating ripples in Madhya Pradesh’s Alirajpur after fortunes of some changed overnight — those who could barely make ends meet were suddenly gorging on desi chicken; motorcycle rides replaced their long and arduous treks; faces that once evoked pity now pitied everyone else. What more, some of the cops that went to ‘investigate’ the rags-to-riches story are now the ones being investigated.
