Nine Chargesheeted in 26/11 Defence Lawyer Murder Case
In murder case of 26/11 defence counsel Shahid Azmi, a chargesheet has been fild in a Maharashtra Control of Organised Crimes Act court in Mumbai, said media reports.
Azmi, who represented Fahim Ansari, was shot dead in his office at Taximen’s colony in Kurla on February 11. He received five bullet injuries.
Senior police inspector of the Mumbai Crime Branch Ramesh Mahale said that a total of nine persons, five of them wanted, were cited as accused in the 600-page chargesheet, reports said.
The arrested are: Devendra Baburao, Jagtap alias JD (28), Pintoo Devram Dhagle alias Raju (25), Vinod Yashwant Vichare (32) and Heshmukh Shankar Solanki alias Rohit, said reports.
One of the wanted accused is a well known gang leader Bharat Nepali. He had worked for the Chhota Rajan gang. Nepali, along with Vijay Shetty alias Bala Shetty and Bhagwant Singh, ordered the contract-killing.
Mahale said that they were charge-sheeted for murder and criminal conspiracy under various sections of the Arms Act and the MCOCA.
(Based on internet reports)
