A man accused in the Gauri Lankesh murder case arrested in Jharkhand on Thursday was sent to four days\u2019 transit remand with a special investigation team of Bengaluru police by a Dhanbad court on Friday. The accused Rajesh Devrikar aka Murli aka Shiva was the 18th person to be arrested.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The SIT produced the accused in court amid heavy security, prior to which he was taken to Patliputra Medical College and Hospital for a medical examination. According to the directive by the court, the accused will have to be produced before a competent court soon after reaching Bengaluru.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe Bengaluru police SIT arrested one of the several accused who was hiding in Dhanbad under a false identity,\u201d Dhanbad senior superintendent of police Kishore Kaushal said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The SIT, along with Dhanbad police, arrested the accused on Thursday night from the Katras area where he had been working under a false identity. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Khemka said the man was provided the job on a Goa-based friend\u2019s recommendation. \u201cI was not aware of his criminal antecedents,\u201d Khemka said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Devrikar had been living near Rajgadhia Market in Katras from where he was picked up by the SIT after it kept an eye on his movements for around a week. \u201cThe SIT zeroed in on him on the basis of his mobile location. Police also searched his room for clues,\u201d said SSP Kaushal .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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