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.
His surrender comes around three weeks after a designated Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) court in Bhuj, Kutch declared him and three other policemen proclaimed absconders.
The 4 officers allegedly intercepted a truck loaded with arecanuts in Mundra town on April 13 and extorted Rs 3.75 crore from Mumbai-based businessman.
Mohta, who is also a businessman based in Gandhidham and a friend of Pandit, had surrendered at the Mundra police station after an FIR was lodged on October 16.