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The Ahmedabad police on Thursday arrested one of the alleged accused in Tuesdays murder of a city-based autorickshaw driver,Sadiq Chauhan.
The Danilimda police arrested Abdul Kadar Qureshi from a place close to his residence in the Shah Alam area. Main accused Mushtaq Ahmed Sheikh alias Kaniyo and co-accused Mohammad Gulmohammad Shama,Asif Ali,and Irfan are still at large.
The police said they have received a complaint from the victims father,Sikandar Chauhan,against Baba Khan of the Nawab Builders Group in Ahmedabad in connection with the murder. DCP Zone VI,Sachin Badshah,said: Sadiqs father later filed a complaint against Baba Khan. We are finding out his role in the murder,but so far havent received any lead on his involvement.
Badshah added: The motive behind the murder is not clear; whether it was a contract killing or was because of some internal rivalry. We will get the details from the main accused once we catch him.
According to a complaint filed by Sikander,who spoke to Sadiq in the hospital,Mushtaq had attacked the victim reportedly for taking a contract to kill him.
Mushtaq and his associates stabbed Sadiq outside the residence of Baba Khan in Nawab ni Chali in the Shah Alam area on May 9 and later abandoned him outside his own residence in Kapadvanj. Sadiq died of injuries in a city hospital on May 10.
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