Ending a two-decade-long manhunt, the Ahmedabad City Crime Branch has caught a high-reward fugitive involved in a cold-blooded murder disguised as a road accident in Rajasthan nearly 24 years ago.
As part of a criminal conspiracy to eliminate a man named Delaram Nai and frame his death as an accidental mishap, Desai teamed up with co-conspirators Kishansingh Rajput, Ramjibhai Rabari, Khimaram alias Ramesh Nai, Hirachand Nai, and others. The gang travelled to Pali in a vehicle. Upon spotting Delaram Nai riding his motorcycle near Dungli Bera Tilawa on the Pali border, they intentionally rammed their SUV into his motorcycle, killing him on the spot. To cover their tracks, the perpetrators abandoned the Tata Sumo at the scene and fled, hoping local authorities would treat the fatality as a hit-and-run accident. However, follow-up police investigations and an existing complaint exposed the collision as a planned hit. Sadri Police subsequently registered a case of murder and criminal conspiracy under C.R. No. A native of Village Ucharpi, Post Chekhla, Taluka Kankrej in Gujarat’s Banaskantha district, he is currently residing at Flat No.
The arrested accused, identified as 54-year-old Dineshbhai Amthabhai Arjanbhai Desai, a native of Ucharpi village in Banaskantha district, currently working as a broker and residing at Sagar Samrat Apartment, Vejalpur, Ahmedabad, had been on the run since 2002. 135/2002 (IPC Sections 302, 120(B), 481, and 308). The arrested accused has been identified as Dineshbhai, son of Amthabhai Arjanbhai Desai, aged 54. 001, Sagar Samrat Apartment, Radio Mirchi Road, Vejalpur, Ahmedabad, and works as a broker.
The murder stemmed from a bitter rivalry over ancestral property and business between two brothers in Dungli village, located under the jurisdiction of the Sadri Police Station in Rajasthan’s Pali district, according to police sources.
