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- by Parinda Bureau, December 23, 2005, 12:09 IST
Virendra Kumar Jhambh, 78 of Forward Construction was arreseted
last evening by the anti terrorist squad in the murder of
Pradeep Jain that took place ten years ago in 1995. Jhamb,
has been arrested under the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities
(Prevention) Act (Tada) and will be produced before the court
of special judge P V Bavkar today. Jhambh is accused of having
links with Abu Salem, prime accused in this case.
Jhambh reportedly has eeb having health problems and may
be admitted to a hospital. Jhambh was picked up from his luxorious
flat in Juhu yesterday. He is the fourth person accused in
this case. Pradeep Jain reportedly had made a payment of one
crore rupees but was murdered inspite of it. Jhamb allegedly
had close links with the underworld, buying land from them
and selling it to builders. Jhamb is one of the oldest builders
in Juhu, owning cinema in Andheri and a hotel in Juhu, besides
being a landlord of several buildings in Mumbai city.
Pradeep Jain's brother is also providing the Anti terrorist
squad with information about the builder-underworld nexus.
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