Amid the continuing probe linked to over a dozen killings allegedly dedicated by a self-styled occultist, who died earlier this month within the custody of Ahmedabad Metropolis Police, the person whose tip off led to the arrest of the accused has now been arrested, officers mentioned on Thursday.
Jigar Gohil, who knowledgeable the Ahmedabad Metropolis Police concerning the whereabouts of the alleged serial killer, Navalsinh Chavda, has been arrested, mentioned the Rajkot Rural Police. Chavda is claimed to have murdered as many as 12 folks over the past decade, and he allegedly admitted to have dedicated these crimes after his arrest on December 3.
Gohil was mentioned to have been the person who saved the lifetime of Ahmedabad businessman Abhijeetsinh Bharatkumar Rajput by informing Sarkhej Police about Chavda’s alleged plot to kill him.
He had allegedly “pretended to remain near Chavda” as he suspected the occultist’s function within the loss of life of his personal brother Vivek Bhanu Gohil.
When requested about Gohil’s function within the killings linked to Chavda, Rajkot Rural Superintendent of Police Himkar Singh mentioned, “Gohil knew Chavda had murdered his brother and nonetheless drove him round. He was an confederate within the homicide of the 4 members of 1 Mukassam household. Nonetheless, he had a change of coronary heart — firstly, as a result of he knew the following potential sufferer, Abhijeetsinh Rajput, and didn’t need him to die; and secondly, as a result of he feared that Chavda would kill him subsequent as a result of he knew concerning the different murders.”
Gohil has been arrested as a co-accused over the killings within the Mukassam household — Kader Ali Mukassam, his spouse Farida Kader Mukassam, and their son Asif Kader Mukassam — in Paddhari, mentioned the Rajkot Rural Police. SP Singh additionally mentioned that Gohil was allegedly an confederate of Chavda within the homicide and disposing of the physique of Nagma Kader Mukassam in Morbi’s Wankaner.
Chavda, the 42-year-old occultist, had been arrested at round 1 am on December 3 on the fees of conspiring to homicide Abhijeetsinh Bharatkumar Rajput, based mostly on info supplied by Gohil. He died on December 8 whereas he was nonetheless within the custody of Sarkhej Police. Nonetheless, Gujarat Police continued the investigation into the 12 killings. Chavda had allegedly admitted to his function within the homicide circumstances earlier than dying in police custody.
Subsequently, seven deaths — beforehand attributed to pure causes — have been reinvestigated with Surendranagar Police submitting a case for the homicide of Dipesh Patadiya, Prafulla Patadiya and Utsavi Patadiya in Surendranagar.
Morbi Police additionally filed a case relating to the homicide and hiding of the physique of Nagma Kader Mukassam in Wankaner. On Thursday, yet one more FIR was added to the checklist for the murders of Nagma’s three different relations by the Rajkot Rural Police.
Nonetheless, this nonetheless leaves questions unanswered in killings of 5 folks: Raj Bavaji in Anjar (Kutch); Vivek Bhanu Gohil in Aslali of Gandhinagar, in addition to three members of Chavda’s family, together with paternal grandmother Mangu Bhukhubhai, mom Saroj Kanu Chavda and his paternal uncle Sura Kaka in Surendranagar.
In the meantime, the custodial loss of life of Chavda is at the moment beneath investigation by ACP AB Valand of M Division of Ahmedabad Metropolis Police.
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