Pandya murder: Three more arrested

The Centeral Bureau of Investigation on Saturday arrested three more persons allegedly involved in the killing of former Gujarat home minister Haren Pandya in Andhra Pradesh and also seized a motorcycle used in the crime from Ahmedabad at their instance, sources in the agency said.

Anas Machiswala, Kalim Ahmed and Shahnawaz, all residents of Ahmedabad, were taken into custody last evening from Sadashirpet area of Medak district, about 80 kms from Hyderabad, they said.

With these arrests, the total number of those nabbed in the case has gone upto 18.

The accused were produced before a magistrate in Andhra Pradesh's Rangareddy district, who gave the CBI transit remand for them till April 29 so that they could be taken to Ahmedabad.

The sources claimed that after committing the crime, the accused fled to Hyderabad and had been moving from place to place to avoid arrest.