RAJKOT: Manish Savsani alias Motabhai, one of the prime suspects in the sensational murder of NRI Pankaj Trivedi earlier this month in Ahmedabad, was produced in the Jamnagar court on Wednesday, in connection with an attempt to murder case registered in Jamnagar three years ago. He was sent to nine days’ police remand. Savsani was arrested on Tuesday afternoon by the Ahmedabad police from a private nursing home in Rajkot.
A London-based member of the Swadhyay Parivar, Vinu Sachania, had lodged a complaint with the Jamnagar police in 2003, naming Savsani as one of the four persons who had attacked him. The investigation, however, was left incomplete then. Sources indicate that cases pertaining to the Swadhyay Parivar are now being reopened, including the Vinu Sachania case. Police sources said that there is a similarity in the attacks on Pankaj Trivedi and Vinu Sachania and it is important to gather the names of the co-accused in the Sachania case, as well as other details. Vinu Sachania had donated Rs 2 crore to the Swadhyay Parivar for the rehabilitation of earthquake-affected people in Kutch. Sources indicate that Sachania began making inquiries, when he had doubts whether the money was being utilised properly and this became a point of dispute.