Two employees of a well known diamond cutting, polishing and exporting firm carrying rough diamonds worth over Rs 42 lakhs were attacked near the Baroda Prestige area on October 16.
After a minor scuffle, the miscreants escaped with the diamond packets.
In a similar incident on October 7, two employees of a diamond firm which has operations all over Gujarat were attacked near Umiya Dham on the Varachha Road.
After injuring one of the employees, the criminals managed to escape with diamond parcels worth over Rs 50 lakh.
On June 14, diamonds and jewellery worth over Rs 30 lakh were looted from a shop in the Mahidharpura area.
The most tragic incident in this series happened on May 27, when diamond broker Nagjibhai Dholiya was abducted and killed by six persons.
Diamonds worth over Rs 1.6 crore were stolen in this case.
President of Surat Diamond Association (SDA) Nanubhai Patel, a person known for his social spirit, had a series of meetings with senior police officials along with other industry leaders to check this growing menace.
