Kalyan: 2 more held for matka king’s murder

KALYAN: Police probing

matka king

Jignesh Shah alias Muniya’s murder arrested

Dhanraj Shah alias Munna

, brother of former gangster Dharmesh Shah alias Nannu, who is a prime accused in the case and local drug peddler Amjad Pathan.

So far three, including Jaipal alias Japan, who had shot dead Muniya, have been arrested, while a search is on for others, including main accused Nannu.

Nannu had a financial dispute with Muniya, N K Bankar, senior inspector of Mahatma Phule police station said. Police said a day before, Nannu organised a meeting outside Dhanraj’s house, when they planned the murder.

Bankar said they

arrested

Dhanraj and Pathan as they were involved in the conspiracy.

Police sources said Pathan is famous drug peddler from Kalyan who has several drug peddling related cases against him in Thane and Mumbai. In 2012 he along with his eight gang members was arrested for allegedly killing and burning his own man Harish Shah alias Sultan who had stolen their 30 kilo gram charas, a narcotics substance.

In case Thane police had slapped MCOCA charged against all nine accused but all last years in May had got bail from court.


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