One shooter arrested for firing at bldr in Malad

S Ahmed Ali TNN

September3,2013

Mumbai: The city crime branch on Monday arrested one of the three men involved in the alleged firing on bookie-turned-developer Ajay Gosalia alias Ajay Ganda (52) on astreet in Malad last week.
    The police also said they would provide security to Gosalia who is recovering at Zenith Hospital in Malad.
    The crime branch remained tightlipped about the arrest. “We have picked up a key accused and are now verifying his real name. Before making any announcement, we have to confirm
his role. We cannot reveal anything till we thoroughly interrogate him,” said an officer. But sources revealed that he had been identified as Chetan Tiwari.
    This is the third arrest in the case. On Saturday, the police had picked up two others, Kaushik Gaur, a close friend of an encounter specialist, and Abhay Shinde, who reportedly pointed out Gosalia to the three shooters.
    Investigations have suggested that the shootout was carried out at the behest of gangster Chhota Rajan over previous rivalry. Rajan apparently believed that Gosalia, who is close to another encounter specialist, had tipped off the police about a JNPT arms haul case and was also instrumental in framing his wife, Sujata Nikhalje, in an extortion case in 2006.
    The police believe that Tiwari could lead them to Rajan aides lodged at Arthur Road jail. The officers also plan to question two key suspects, Satish Tangappa alias Kalia and Dilip Bora alias D K Rao.

Ajay Gosalia was attacked on Link Road in Malad