7 held for murder plot

VADODARA: A prominent businessman from the city and his son have been accused of hatching a conspiracy and giving a contract to kill a BJP member also having major interest in real estate in the city. The father-son duo and five persons roped in by them for the job were arrested by detection of crime branch (DCB).
Transporter and realtor Bhanvarlal Gaur and his son Amit Gaur had allegedly hatched a conspiracy to eliminate BJP member Dharmendrasinh Waghela who is also nephew of Vadodara district unit BJP president Dilubha Chudasama.Bhanvarlal and Dharmendrasinh are at loggerheads over a piece of land in Sama area. Bhanvarlal and Amit allegedly roped in Ashok Dubey, Harish Yadav, Alpesh Patel, Subhash Jat and Shashikant Yadav to kill Dharmendrasinh. In-charge DCB police inspector M S Waghela said that Dharmendrasinh got wind of the plot and informed police. Investigations revealed that the accused had planned to gun down Dharmendrasinh on Friday night.
All, barring father-son duo, had gathered at the basement of a complex in Sayajigunj with firearms from where they were nabbed. Five country-made handguns and 28 cartridges were recovered from them. The accused were presented in a court on Saturday. Counsels for the accused made a series of allegations against the DCB in the court and the remand application was fixed for hearing on Sunday.