The Rajasthan police have arrested four Vadodara policemen in connection with the escape of Sylvester Daniel, a key witness in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case.
Sylvester himself was re-arrested on Saturday night after he had escaped earlier in the day.
Vadodara Police Commissioner, Sathish Sharma said on Sunday that the all the four team members who had accompanied Sylvester for court appearance in Rajasthan have been suspended from the service. And subsequently they were arrested last night.
He said that the arrested police personnel were sub inspector M S Gohil, head constable L Ambalal and constables Ranchhod Jinabhai and Vijay Baburao.
Sharma said that there were inconsistency in the statements by the policemen in the complaint lodged with Hiram Magri police station in Udaipur after Sylvester's escape, which led to their arrests.
Sylvester, alias Dipu, wa a key witness for CBI which is probing the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case in Gujarat. He had been brought to Udaipur in connection with a case of murder alleged gangster Hamid Lala.
news reported by AR for Newsvision
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