Nephew of BJP Junagadh MP under police scanner in Jethwa case

Aug 20, 2010 |

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Junagadh BJP MP Dinu Solanki's nephew has come under the police scanner for his alleged role in the murder of RTI activist and green crusader Amit Jethwa.

Crime Branch officials said they are probing the role of Solanki's nephew Pratap alias Shiva Solanki, in the case and a team has left for Junagadh to question him in this connection.

Sources in the crime branch alleged that Pratap could be the one who paid for the killing of Jethwa.

Two persons, including a police constable from Junagadh, have been arrested in the murder of Jethwa, who had filed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) against illegal mining in Gir forest region, few days before he was shot dead.

A day after Jethwa's killing on July 20, his father Bhikabhai Jethwa had alleged that Dinu Solanki was behind his son's murder.

On Monday, the city crime branch had arrested police constable Bahadursinh Dhirubha Wadher, 37, posted in Girgadhada police station in Junagadh district, in connection with Jethwa's murder.

Another accused Pachan Shiva, 28, one of the two motorcycle-borne assailants, who had allegedly shot Jethwa, was arrested on Wednesday.

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