Gudala is accused of facilitating the finances of Rs 4 lakh to the accused, who hatched the hit-and-run plot on Patel. The six arrested accused include 2002 Sabarmati train burning convict Irfan Pada, Jhalod resident Ajay Kalal, Ujjain residents Sajjansinh Chauhan and Mohammed Samir Mujawar, owner of a roadside dhaba in Mahidpur in Madhya Pradesh Balram Bhuvanji, who allegedly facilitated the accused to meet on his eatery’s premises to plan the “hit-and-run”, and Salim Baju Shaikh alias Kala, who fetched one of the three cars used in the crime from his brother.
Teams from the Dahod Local Crime Branch (LCB) and Special Operations Group (SOG) were sent out to nab Imran Gudala, a resident of Jhalod and Irfan Basti, a resident of of Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh. Gudala reportedly has close political links with Babu Katara in Jhalod, while Basti was one of the contractors present on the day the accused allegedly rammed a Light Utility Vehicle (LUV) into Patel during his morning walk on