Shooter involved in Chacko murder arrested

VADODARA: A shooter allegedly involved in the sensational Alpesh Patel nee Chacko murder case at Anand and the firing on Harish Jagyasi in Vadodara was nabbed by the Godhra police on Sunday night. The accused, Anil Gangwani alias Anthony, was going to his sister's place when he was nabbed with a country-made revolver and live cartridges.
Godhra police had got a tip-off regarding Gangwani visiting his sister Sona in Powerhouse area of Godhra.The informers had also told the police that Gangwani was carrying a firearm with him.
Officers in plainclothes kept a watch in the locality and nabbed Gangwani when he reached there. The country-made revolver with six live cartridges was recovered from Gangwani along with a bottle of beer he was carrying in a bag.
Twenty-two-year-old Gangwani, a resident of Vadodara, is a close aide of notorious gangster Mukesh Harjani. The latter is still on the run and is wanted in connection with a series of offences including murders of bootlegger Pappu Sharma and Chacko from Anand.
Godhra B-division circle police inspector N V Desai said that Gangwani was involved in a series of offences including the Chacko murder case, firing on Jagyasi and a businessman in Ullhasnagar in Mumbai, and stabbing a person in Vadodara.
Desai said that Gangwani was booked under the Arms Act and the prohibition law. A court has granted the Godhra police his custody till Friday for interrogation. Officials said that with Gangwani's arrest most members of the Harjani gang were behind the bars now. However, Harjani himself was still elusive.