Gold, Silver Jewellery Worth ₹3.08 Lakh Stolen from Bus Travelling from Mumbai to Ahmedabad

A family returning to Ahmedabad from Thane lost gold and silver jewellery and cash worth around ₹3.08 lakh after a bag went missing from an H.K. Travels bus during the journey.

The theft came to light on the morning of 6 October, when the family got off the bus at the CTM Express Highway in Ahmedabad and checked its luggage. Ramol police have registered a case against an unidentified person and launched an investigation.

Conductor Refused to Keep Bags in Luggage Compartment

Mohammed Hasan Muvin Qureshi, 22, a resident of Noornagar in the Shah-e-Alam area of Vatva, had travelled to Thane, Mumbai, with his family on 30 September to attend a family function at his sister Muskan’s home.

After the function, the family boarded an H.K. Travels bus from the Bombay Fountain Hotel highway stretch in Godbunder at around 7.30 pm on 5 October to return to Ahmedabad.

The family asked the conductor, identified as Amit, to place their nine bags in the bus’s luggage compartment. However, he reportedly refused and instructed them to keep the bags under their seats.

Bag Goes Missing During Overnight Journey

The bus stopped at New Darshan Hotel in Manor, Maharashtra, to unload a parcel in Vapi, and later at Galaxy Hotel near Por village, close to the Karjan toll tax point.

When the bus reached the CTM Express Highway at around 7.30 am on 6 October, the family checked their belongings and discovered that a bag containing jewellery belonging to a woman identified as Seebab en was missing.

The family searched the surrounding area but could not find the bag, which contained gold and silver jewellery and cash worth approximately ₹3.08 lakh.

Ramol Police Begin Investigation

The family subsequently approached Ramol police station and lodged a complaint. Police have registered a case against an unidentified suspect and begun investigating the theft.

Qureshi works as a welder at Metro Steel’s factory in Narol.