2 KEY ACCUSED IN BJP EX-MLA’S MURDER CASE ARRESTED IN UP
AHMEDABAD: Almost 11 months after former BJP MLA Jayanti Bhanushali was shot dead in a moving train, two key accused were arrested by the Gujarat CID from Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday, an official said. With this, the state Crime Investigation Department has arrested 11 accused in the case, Deputy Inspector General of Police, CID (Crime and Railways), Gautam Parmar said. Acting on a tip-off, the CID team nabbed Manisha Goswami and Surjit Bhau, who were on the run since January, from Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh, he said. They will be brought here after the police get their transit remand from a local court there, he said. Till date, the CID has arrested 11 accused in the case, while one Nikhil Thorat is yet to be nabbed, he added. Bhanushali (53), also former vice president of the state BJP unit, was shot dead in a moving train near Samakhiyali station of Kutch district on January 8. Earlier, the CID had arrested former BJP leader Chhabil Patel who, according to the probing agency, allegedly played a key role in eliminating his political rival Bhanushali.