Rajkot: Four persons including BJP leader Chhabil Patel accused of snooping on a key witness in the murder of former BJP MLA from Kutch Jayanti Bhanushali, were acquitted by a court in Gandhidham, Kutch on Tuesday. The court observed that the investigating agency did not produce necessary electronic evidence to prove the case.
Bhanushali was murdered in a moving train in January 2019. The key witness in his murder was his co-passenger Pawan More, a resident of Gandhidham. When Bhanushali was murdered, Patel one of the key accused in the case, was out of India.
The court on Tuesday acquitted Patel, Piyush Vasani, Rasik Patel and Komesh Pokar, who were booked under the Indian Penal Code (IPC) sections 115 (abetment of offence punishable with death or imprisonment for life) and 120B (criminal conspiracy) for snooping on More.