Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad arrests man wished for abduction, killing of Kolkata jeweller

By PTI

AHMEDABAD: The Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) has arrested a person, who was wished for the kidnapping and homicide of a Kolkata-based jeweller, from neighbouring Maharashtra, an official mentioned on Wednesday.

A workforce of the ATS nabbed the accused Vishal Sharma from Shirdi in neighbouring Maharashtra, and has introduced him to Ahmedabad for questioning, he mentioned.

Sharma, a local of Delhi, was wished by the police in Kolkata and Odisha, with the latter having introduced a reward of Rs 50,000 for info on his whereabouts, the ATS mentioned in a press release.

On February 14, jeweller Shantilal Vaid (66) was discovered strangled to dying at a visitor home in Kolkata’s Bhowanipore space.

Vaid had been kidnapped and his household had been requested to pay a ransom of Rs 1 crore, of which that they had paid Rs 25 lakh.

The Kolkata police started the investigation primarily based on the CCTV footage and proof from the crime scene.

Later, the police at Cuttack and Bhubaneswar of Odisha additionally joined the probe, the discharge said.

The Gujarat ATS had acquired info that the accused was hiding in a resort in Ahmedabad’s Raipur Darwaja space, and following a probe, it was discovered that he was hiding in Shirdi by altering his id, it was said.