Times of
India: Rajkot: Saturday, 07 March 2020.
Una
police in Gir Somnath district has booked six people, including former BJP Lok
Sabha MP, Dinu Bogha Solanki, on charges of alleged abduction of the son of a
witness in the RTI activist Amit Jethava murder case.
In
his complaint, Dharmendra Goswami (36) alleged that his five-year-old son
Premgiri was abducted by main accused in the case, Solanki and his nephew Pratap
alias Shiva Solanki, Usmanmohammed Qazi and three more unidentified aides from
near Diu checkpost at Ahmedpur Mandvi of Una, while Goswami was deposing before
a CBI court in Ahmedabad on February 1, 2018.
As
soon as Goswami learnt about the abduction, he complained to the court which
did not record his deposition. The court then handed over an inquiry into the
case to the CBI. As soon as the court hearing got over, Premgiri was released
at the same place from where he was abducted on the same day, Goswami said.
“On
July 27, 2019, the CBI recorded the statement of Goswami. The CBI conducted an
inquiry into the abduction case and submitted its report to the court.
Following the instruction of the CBI court, Una police station registered an
offence,” said an official from Una police station.
Talking
to TOI, Goswami said: “At the time of my deposition, I had complained to the
court that I was being arm-twisted in order not to depose before the court.
Still the persecution against all the 38 witnesses in the Jethava murder case
is going on unabated.”
Last
year, a CBI court had sentenced Solanki and six others to life imprisonment for
the murder of Jethava. Jethava was gunned down by two bike-borne assassins on
July 20, 2010.
The
CBI had arrested Solanki and his nephew Shiva in November 2013 and on July 11,
2019 respectively for their alleged role in Jethava murder.
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