However, the police got their first break on February 6 when they arrested Pataliya from Himmatnagar after setting a trap for him.
The next day, Pataliya confessed to the police that he had murdered the other three for the ruby and had buried the bodies in Shehra in Panchmahals district. Then Pataliya denied knowing about where the ruby was. On February 9, Pataliya’s paramour Jyoti Shah surrendered to the police and also handed them the ruby.
A retired geology professor R V Karanth’s opinion that the ruby was not very valuable, and was a low-quality stone had left the police baffled and they, till Tuesday, had not been able to fathom why Pataliya decided to commit the murders.
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