Amit Jethwa Murder

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  Former BJP MP's Nephew's Life Sentence Suspended In Gujarat RTI Activist's Murder Case

  The Gujarat High Court has suspended the life sentence of Shiva Solanki, an accused in the 2010 murder of RTI activist Amit Jethwa, and granted him bail pending hearing of his appeal against his conviction by a CBI court.

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  Ex-Gujarat BJP Lawmaker Given Life Sentence For RTI Activist's Murder

  A Special CBI Court in Gujarat's Ahmedabad on Thursday sentenced former BJP lawmaker Dinu Bogha Solanki from Gujarat's Saurashtra and six others to life imprisonment for the murder of RTI activist Amit Jethwa in July 2010.

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  Ex-BJP Lawmaker Gets Life For RTI Activist's Murder In Gujarat

  A special CBI court today sentenced former BJP lawmaker Dinu Bogha Solanki and six others to life imprisonment for killing RTI activist Amit Jethwa in 2010 after he tried to expose illegal mining activities in the Gir forest region in Gujarat.

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  Ex-BJP Lawmaker Dinu Solanki, 6 Others Guilty Of Killing RTI Activist

  Former BJP lawmaker Dinu Solanki and six others were Saturday convicted by a special CBI court in Ahmedabad for killing RTI activist Amit Jethwa in 2010 as he tried to expose illegal mining activities in Gir forest region.

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  Ex-BJP Lawmaker Surrenders In RTI Activist's Murder Case

  Former Gujarat BJP lawmaker Dinu Bogha Solanki, an accused in the 2010 murder case of RTI activist Amit Jethwa, surrendered before a CBI court today, nearly a week after the Supreme Court cancelled his bail.

• RTI activist Amit Jethwa murder case: BJP leader Dinu Solanki named in CBI chargesheet

  Dinu Bogha Solanki, the BJP MP from Gujarat, has been named in the CBI chargesheet filed today in connection with murder of RTI activist Amit Jethwa. Mr Jethwa had waged a crusade against illegal mining in Gir forest region, the last home of Asiatic lions.

• BJP parliamentarian arrested for RTI activist's murder

  Dinu Bogha Solanki has been arrested by the CBI in connection with the murder of Gujarat-based RTI activist Amit Jethwa.

• Amit Jethwa case: High court orders CBI probe into RTI activist's murder

  The Gujarat High Court has ordered the Central Bureau of Investigation to probe the murder case of RTI activist Amit Jethwa.

• Amit Jethwa murder case: 1 more arrested

  One more accused was arrested in Ahmedabad on Saturday in connection with the murder of the RTI activist Amit Jethwa, police said."Udaji Thakor, a resident of Mehsana district, was today arrested from the city in connection with the murder of RTI activist," crime branch officials said."He is amongst the two motorcycle borne assailants who had shot ...

• Amit Jethwa murder case: BJP MP's nephew arrested

  Shiva Solanki, nephew of BJP MP Dinu Solanki was today arrested from near the Rajkot airport in connection with the murder of RTI activist and green crusader Amit Jethwa."We arrested Shiva Solanki while he was on his way to Mumbai," said Police Crime Branch Chief Mohan Jha.Jethwa had filed a Public Interest Litigation against illegal mining in Gir ...

• RTI activist Amit Jethwa's murder: MP's nephew involved?

  The Ahmedabad crime branch claims to have evidence linking influential BJP MP Dinu Solanki's nephew to the murder of RTI activist Amit Jethwa in July this year.The crime branch is basing its charges on the confession of a police constable, Bahadursinh Wader. The police claim that the immediate trigger was a complaint filed by Jethwa on the setting ...

• RTI Activist Amit Jethwa murder: Police constable arrested

  Ahmedabad crime branch has arrested a police constable in connection with the murder of RTI activist Amit Jethwa. Constable Bahadur who has been arrested in the case was posted in Gir police station. Another person, a forest guard also been detained.Amit Jethwa was shot dead on July 20 outside Gujarat High Court by two men on a motorcycle.Jethwa's ...

• RTI activist's murder probe: Family demands CBI inquiry

  Is the Gujarat police getting cold feet in the investigations into the murder of RTI activist Amit Jethwa? That is the question, the Jethwa family is asking. The family has demanded a CBI inquiry. Amit Jethwa's father claims that with a BJP MP from Junagadh, Dinu Solanki being  named, the police investigations were not in right earnest. It's b...

• RTI activist murder probe: Police probing PIL against BJP MP

  Ahmedabad police probing the murder case of RTI activist Amit Jethwa will shortly leave for Junagadh for investigations.This after belongings left behind by the assailants were found to be from Junagadh. Sources have told NDTV that the needle of suspicion now points towards criminal gangs in Saurashtra too.The police are also probing his last Publi...

• RTI activist killed for campaign against BJP MP, says family

  The family of Amit Jethwa believes that the Right to Information activist was killed in Gujarat because he was fighting illegal mining, which allegedly involves several politicians.  Jethwa was shot on Wednesday night as he was leaving his lawyer's office, opposite the Gujarat High Court which is a high-security area. The two men who fired a r...