3 of Manish Kukri gang nabbed

Surat: The Detection of Crime Branch (DCB) of Surat city police nabbed three notorious criminals of the Manish Kukri gang from Pachmarhi in Madhya Pradesh. The accused attempted to murder a person in a Sarthana hotel on May 16 after rioting. They covered 500km to 600km daily to evade arrest.Those arrested were Manish Mandanka (Patel) alias Manish Kukri, Mitesh Desai, and Chirag Borda. An attempt to murder case was registered against them after they attacked Aniket Nimawat, Vivek Dobariya, Parth, and others. As the accused were involved in cases of murder, attempt to murder, extortion, abduction, loot, and Arms Act in the past, the Surat crime branch was entrusted with the task of arresting them.During the investigation, the DCB learnt that the accused were roaming in their vehicle, having visited Omkareshwar, Goa, Hyderabad, Nagpur, and Satara. They stayed at highway dhabas at night and started travelling in the morning.Teams under inspectors J N Zala, P K Sodha, H A Sindha, and sub-inspector K H Puwar pursued them for the last five days. Finally, one of the teams nabbed them from Pachmarhi while they were sleeping in their car.Manish has 25 serious offences against him in Ahmedabad and Surat police records, while Desai has 15 crimes and Borda has six crimes registered against them.