A vital
break-through in Loharia murder case: police in search of Bijlani and Garg
By Dinesh
Kamath
NAVI MUMBAI: Mumbai Police Crime Branch
has issued a Look Out Circular (LOC) against Navi Mumbai-based builders Suresh
Bijlani and Anurag Garg in connection with the murder of builder SK Loharia.
It was issued on Friday. The LOC prevents them from
crossing borders. LOC was given to security authorities deployed at immigration
checks at all International airports and ports. As per the LOC, they are
supposed to hand the criminals over to investigators if they spot them.
The crime branch enjoyed a break-through when they
managed to arrest another real estate agent Sumit Ganpat Bachewar. Earlier, the
police had arrested Emmanuel Amolik, Venkatesh Shettiar and Wajid Qureshi. The
latter two had been hired by Amolik to execute Loharia outside his office.
It was Bachewar who revealed the involvement of Bijlani
and his architect Anurag Garg in this incident. The police also found out that rivalry was the
motive behind the murder. The police are not ruling out the possibility of involvement
of the underworld in the case.
They are now in the process of evaluating Bijlani’s
properties and will soon start seizing them. Bijlani, a prime suspect, is on
the run. His anticipatory bail application was rejected by Bombay High Court
last Monday. HC also denied him protection for 10 days to approach Supreme
Court.
In his "oral dying declaration" made in
the presence of an office boy and an autorickshaw driver, Lohariya had
implicated Bijlani. Even Lohariya's son Sandeep had said that Bijlani had
threatened his father with dire consequences. Garg, an associate of Bijlani, is
also alleged to have taken part in the conspiracy to eliminate Lohariya.
Along with businessman Sumit Bachchewar, who was
arrested Wednesday, Bijlani and Garg were involved with Lohariya in businesses
connected to the 12.5 per cent scheme of CIDCO in Navi Mumbai. Crime branch
sources said their relations later soured. Lohariya, in fact, was fighting a
case against them.
Thus the police are hunting for Bijlani and Garg.
Their arrest might give the police a tighter grip on the case.
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