An Indian expat has won a certificate of appreciation from the Dubai Police for stopping a thief from fleeing with Dh 2.7 million ($735,190) in cash.
Keshur Kara Chavada Karu Ghela, 32, who works in a shop at Dubai’s Naif quarter, was” surprised” when elderly police officers visited him at his workplace earlier this week, according to a Dubai Police statement.
According to Major General Tariq Tahlak, Director of Naif police station, the incident occured when two Asian men were in the Naif area carrying two bags containing Dh 4,250,000 in cash of different currencies.
The thief intercepted the Asians and snatched one of the two bags containing AED 2,757,158, a statement released by Dubai Police said.
” As the two Asian men cried for help, Keshur saw the purloiner running with the stolen bag toward him, so he bravely dived him, started scuffling with him, and pinned him to the ground until the police details arrived and made the arrest,” Tahlak was quoted as saying in the statement.
Chavada has been working at the shop for further than 12 times. ” I ran towards the man and seized him. He was nearly my size, so it was not easy to overpower him. I hit him on the casket, pushed him to the ground and held him tightly until others came to help,” Chavada told The National.
He snatched the bag and gave it back to the owners.
Major General Khalil Ibrahim Al Mansouri, Assistant Commandant- in- Chief for Criminal Investigation Affairs, said that Chavada’s geste reflects his genuine commitment to the community and his wit in dealing with extremities.
He added that honouring Chavada in his workplace, among his associates and neighbours reflects Dubai Police’s keenness on strengthening the conception of community cooperation and buttressing the sense of responsibility among individualities.
Chavada expressed his pride and joy for being fete by elderly officers of the Dubai Police, and said that this is an order of honor that he shall ever cherish, the Dubai Police statement read.
