3 held for Chanda shoot-out

NAGPUR: Local crime branch squad of Chandrapur police, with help from Gittikhadan police, have nabbed three culprits involved in the attack on a local trader Haji Shaikh Sarvar on March 27 last month.
Sarvar was shot from close quarters apart from being attacked with sharp weapons after a contract of Rs 50 lakhs was apparently offered for his killing to the Nagpur-based gang.Chandrapur police had already arrested four persons in the case. It is learnt the Chandrapur cops have been camping in the city for the last few days before they approached Gittikhadan police for help.
Junaid Khan, Sumedh Ingle and Jamaal Ansari were picked up from their respective homes as per the requirement of the Chandrapur police. Sheru, considered the mastermind in the case, remains elusive.
Sources said Nitesh Choudhari, one of the accused, had been undergoing treatment at a hospital after he sustained serious injuries during the attack.
The Chandrapur police are set to take Choudhari also in their custody.
It is learnt that Sheru had taken almost half-a-dozen assailants from Nagpur to execute the contract killing. They managed to evade the cops in Chandrapur and zero in upon Haji, who was lucky to survive and is also recuperating at a Nagpur hospital. Six rounds had been fired at him and Haji suffered four wounds.