Ahmedabad: The city crime department on Friday arrested Ravu Kathi alias Ravi Khachar, of Amreli, from Chotila in Surendranagar district for the murder of transporter Suresh Shah. On March 10, Shah used to be shot dead by way of two bike-borne assailants, allegedly including Kathi, near Vishweshwar Temple in Vasna.
Crime department officials said that they nabbed Kathi when he went to Chotila temple to finish a vow. Officials said that Kathi has confessed to his crime and has stated that Raju Shekhwa, the primary accused in the case, gave him the contract to kill Shah for Rs 50 lakh.
“Kathi along with Ghanshyam Sagar won the weapon from Shekhwa, who had an previous contention with Shah,” said further DCP of the crime department, Rajdeepsinh Jhala. “The duo killed Shah with that gun. Sagar used to be in Amreli jail and joined the operation to murder Shah while he used to be on parole.”
After the murder, Kathi sought shelter in Amreli. Jhala said that Kathi did not use his mobile phone after the murder and Shekhwa came to know concerning the killing through media stories.
The crime department additionally initiated the process to take custody of Sagar from Amreli jail. It is suspected that Kathi used to be additionally concerned in the Hanif Dadhi murder case.
Assassin’s crime sheet
Ravu Kathi, who used to be booked for shooting Suresh Shah, had two instances of loot and one case of bootlegging registered in Saurashtra. It has additionally been printed that Shekhwa had first given the contract to kill to a few other shooter but as the shooter backtracked, he passed at the contract to Kathi.
Gun jammed all through killing
Kathi had recced the shooting website for 2 days and he used to park his motorcycle at a health center in Jivraj Park. After he fired the first round, his gun jammed. He then fled the spot. Kathi had picked a protracted direction from Dehgam and Kheda to succeed in Amreli on his motorcycle to confuse police, said officials.
Crime department officials said that they nabbed Kathi when he went to Chotila temple to finish a vow. Officials said that Kathi has confessed to his crime and has stated that Raju Shekhwa, the primary accused in the case, gave him the contract to kill Shah for Rs 50 lakh.
“Kathi along with Ghanshyam Sagar won the weapon from Shekhwa, who had an previous contention with Shah,” said further DCP of the crime department, Rajdeepsinh Jhala. “The duo killed Shah with that gun. Sagar used to be in Amreli jail and joined the operation to murder Shah while he used to be on parole.”
After the murder, Kathi sought shelter in Amreli. Jhala said that Kathi did not use his mobile phone after the murder and Shekhwa came to know concerning the killing through media stories.
The crime department additionally initiated the process to take custody of Sagar from Amreli jail. It is suspected that Kathi used to be additionally concerned in the Hanif Dadhi murder case.
Assassin’s crime sheet
Ravu Kathi, who used to be booked for shooting Suresh Shah, had two instances of loot and one case of bootlegging registered in Saurashtra. It has additionally been printed that Shekhwa had first given the contract to kill to a few other shooter but as the shooter backtracked, he passed at the contract to Kathi.
Gun jammed all through killing
Kathi had recced the shooting website for 2 days and he used to park his motorcycle at a health center in Jivraj Park. After he fired the first round, his gun jammed. He then fled the spot. Kathi had picked a protracted direction from Dehgam and Kheda to succeed in Amreli on his motorcycle to confuse police, said officials.
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