The Detection of Crime Branch (DCB) on Wednesday filed the charge-sheet in the Amit Jethava murder case, in the metropolitan court. It is interesting that the charge-sheet mentions that Jethava's murder was a 'contract killing' but is silent on the alleged role of the BJP MP from Junagadh, Dinu Solanki.
Incidentally, Jethava's father has repeatedly alleged that the MP was involved in his son's murder. Amit Jethava, who was an RTI activist, was killed in cold blood in front of the Gujarat high court complex.
During the investigation, it was revealed that the main accused, Shailesh Pandya, and his accomplice, had fired at the RTI activist when he was killed. At the time, Jethava was returning after meeting his lawyer Vijay Nangesh at the Satymev complex located in front of the high court.
According to the charge-sheet, Pandya was paid to eliminate the RTI activist. He was given money in two instalments - the first of Rs2.5 lakh and the second of Rs1 lakh - through an angadia (local courier service provider).
The DCB had recorded the statement of the owners of the angadia firm.
The DCB has arrested Dinu Solanki's nephew, Shiva Solanki, police constable Bahadursinh, Sanjay Chauhan and one Shiva Panchan. The police constable was a close ally of Shiva.
The police also took the statement of Jethava's family members, local people of Junagadh and Amreli, and also of the doctors who had conducted the post-mortem on Jethava.
The police also took the statement of Jethava's family members, local people of Junagadh and Amreli, and also of the doctors who had conducted the post-mortem on Jethava.
However, the charge-sheet says nothing about the alleged role of Dinu Solanki. Now the accused in the case are likely to file for bail on the ground that as the charge-sheet had been filed and the investigation in the case had concluded, they ought to be released on bail.
Amit Jethava was killed allegedly because he blew the whistle on the illegal mining going on in the Gir reserve forest area. He had filed a public interest litigation (PIL) petition in the Gujarat high court in this regard but he was killed before the high court could take any action in the matter.
Jethava's father has moved an application in the high court (through lawyer Anand Yagnik) seeking a CBI investigation into his son's murder.
The high court has asked the DCB for its probe
report in the case. The charge-sheet includes a mammoth record of telephone call details, 93
witnesses of Saurashtra and Ahmedabad, and 50 Panch witnesses.
report in the case. The charge-sheet includes a mammoth record of telephone call details, 93
witnesses of Saurashtra and Ahmedabad, and 50 Panch witnesses.
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