Congman’s death: CBI zeroes in on car

S Ahmed Ali I TNN
Mumbai: The CBI, which is currently investigating the murder of Congress leader Pawanraje Nimbalkar in 2006, stumbled upon some crucial leads on Wednesday when they identified the white Indica car used in the crime.

Two CBI teams on Wednesday took prime accused Parasmal Tarachand Jain to Mumbra, the scene of the crime, to reconstruct the entire incident—a case of contract killing in which Rs 30 lakh had changed hands. The police are now on the lookout for another accused, Abdul Rahman, and a Thanebased middleman, who gave an advance amount of Rs 5 lakh to Jain for the murder.

The CBI sleuths—looking for the car as well as Rahman—even visited Vishwas Club in Mumbra, where the murder plan was reportedly hatched. The police have learnt that it was Rahman who sought the second-hand Indica car for Rs 1.5 lakh for Jain, who not only changed its number plate but also saw to it that the vehicle was not transferred to his name. “Rahman is the common friend of the middleman and Jain,’’ said an officer.

It was Rahman who drove Jain and two shooters, including the arrested Dinesh Tiwari, in the Indica to the scene of the crime near Kalamboli on June 3, 2006. There, the Congress leader and his driver were gunned down, the police said. After the murder, the two shooters left for UP and Bihar, while Jain went to Rajashtan. Jain told the police that he had accepted the supari as he was HIV positive and badly needed the money for treatment.