Ahmedabad, July 17: Crime branch has arrested four persons, including two former members of notorious Latif gang for their alleged involvement in "conspiracy to foment large scale disturbances in Gujarat" in which the state government has slapped Pota. The total number of arrests in the case has reached 33 after crime branch began its crack down with the arrest of four "ISI" operatives, who are also alleged to be involved in assassination of former Gujarat home and revenue minister Haren Pandya on March 26 this year. The sleuths yesterday arrested Gulam Mohammed alias Gulal alias Arif Abdulkadar Shiekh and Mohammed Rafiq alias R D Majid Pathan from the sensitive Kalupur and Dariapur areas and also recovered a "loaded" country-made revolver from the former's possession. Interrogation revealed that the duo were accomplices of underworld don Latif and had also served imprisonment.

They had also come in contact with Mufti Sufiyan, who is alleged to have masterminded Pandya's assassination and the conspiracy to foment disturbances, in connivance with Karachi-based Rasool Party, crime branch sources said.

Sufiyan is absconding since Pandya's killing.
Two other persons identified as Abdul Latif alias Kashmirilala Mohammed Pathan, a resident of Vatva and Ayub Khan Pathan of Shahpur area were arrested outside city railway station in Kalupur area.

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Officials also found a loaded pistol worth Rs two lakh and Rs 1.24 lakh cash from Abdul Latif, whose glass factory in Vatva area was damaged in post-Godhra riots in the city.


Bureau Report