Murder of ex-mayor’s son: Five more held in Junagadh

RAJKOT: Five more people were arrested on Tuesday in connection with the murder of former Junagadh mayor's son. on June 2. The fresh arrests take the total number of persons nabbed in the case to 10.
Dharmesh Parmar, 47, a civil contractor and a son of former mayor Lakha Parmar, was stabbed with knives and other sharp weapons near his house in the city.
His family members alleged a larger conspiracy and demanded that all those involved in the plot should be arrested.
“We had arrested five accused including Sanjay Solanki, a resident of Ambedkar Nagar in Junagadh and questioned them. During questioning, they revealed the names of conspirators,” said police.
Police arrested Geeta Sahu, (54), Hetal Sahu, (32), Ashok Sahu (34), Ramesh Sahu (28) and Ashok Parmar (38), all living in the neighbourhood of the victim. They had bitter relations with the Parmar's family for years over parking of his trucks near their house.