With this, the number of arrests has gone up to four in the case. The police had earlier arrested Pandit’s businessman Pankil Mohta, Zala’s nephew Kripalsinh Vaghela, and Shailendrasinh Sodha alias Bhanubha, who is also the nephew of a late IPS officer who had served as inspector general of the Border range.
The investigation has revealed that CP Traders, a firm registered in Gori’s name raised false invoices for the sale of areca nuts to another firm Mohit Enterprise, and also raised false bills to show that areca nut consignment was sent from Rajkot to a godown in Kutch.