Dinu Solanki arrested in 2016 Kodinar riot case

Rajkot | Sunday | 18th November, 2018

Summary:

Rajkot: Former BJP MP and prime accused in murder of RTI activist Amit Jethwa, Dinu Bogha Solanki was formally arrested by the Rajkot CID crime on Saturday in connection with a 2016 rioting case registered in Kodinar town of Gir-Somnath district. Based on the evidence, high court in 2017 directed CID crime to book Kodinar police inspector Abdjul Majid Nagori and his subordinate Praful Vadher for rioting and ordered fresh probe.After probe, CID booked Solanki and arrested him formally on Saturday. Solanki was later released as he had obtained anticipatory bail from the local court. In 2016, a mob had ransacked one Rafiq Salot’s house and set it ablaze. But he will have to appear in the court when the probe agency demands his remand..