Five Swadhyay members arrested in NRI murder case move HC

Ahmedabad, July 10 (UNI) The five Swadhyay Parivar members arrested in connection with the murder of US-based NRI Pankaj Trivedi today moved the High Court against an earlier metropolitan court order, sending them to ten-day police remand.

In their appeal, they have stated that police had no evidence against them, and it was more a case of media trial, their counsel Yatin Oza said.

Police had arrested the five for their alleged involvement in the murder of Pankaj Trivedi near a posh club in the heart of the city on June 15.

The accused are Mansinh Vadhera of Junagadh, Chandrasinh Jadeja of Rajkot, Bhupatsinh Jadeja of Jamnagar and Dakshesh Hasmukhlal Shah and Hitesh Chudasma both from Ahmedabad.

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