Ahmedabad : Shiva Solanki, a nephew of an MP of Gujarat?s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), was arrested by the crime branch of Ahmedabad on Tuesday for his alleged role in the killing of RTI activist Amit Jethwa in July.
Reports quoting police said the nephew of powerful BJP MP Dinu Solanki was arrested from Rajkot when he was about to board an flight to Mumbai in the morning.
Amit Jethwa, a Right to Information (RTI) activist who was fighting illegal mining in the Gir Sanctuary area, was shot dead in July in Ahmedabad near the Gujarat High Court.
The green crusader had drawn the ire of the politicians of the Saurashtra region for his crusade against illegal mining.