Bhanushali murder was shooters’ first hit: Cops

Ahmedabad | Monday | 18th February, 2019

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After this, Kamble took the country-made revolver and shot Bhanushali in his eye.Kamble and Shaikh were produced before a Bhuj court on Monday. AHMEDABAD: The special investigation team (SIT) of CID (crime) and railways probing former BJP MLA Jayanti Bhanushali’s murder case arrested two persons claiming they had shot the ruling party leader. After the first shot his hands began shaking and he dropped two bullets and could not fire again. They were remanded 12 days police custody. Ironically, criminal records of the duo suggest that they had never used a weapon before this to kill anyone.Officials of the CID also said that Bhanushali’s murder was the first hit job of the shooters Shashikant Kamble and Ashraf Anwar Shaikh, both belonging to Yerwada in Pune.Ashish Bhatia, DGP CID (crime) and railways, also said, “The BJP leader's murder was their first assignment of killing.”“Kamble was involved in two cases of murder, but in the both he was acquitted by the court..