Pravin Togadia's cousin murdered: Police arrest three more accused

Three more persons, including the main accused Gautam Goyani, were on Tuesday arrested in connection with the Surat triple murder case, police said.

Gautam alias Golden and two other accused, Bhadresh Patodiya and Kishan Khokhar, were arrested from Kim town in Surat district. Police said eight persons were involved in the murder, of which seven have been arrested so far. Another accused Ganesh Goyani is yet to be arrested, police said. On Monday, police had arrested Komal Goyani. Komal is the sister of Gautam.

Three persons-- Bharat Togadia, a relative of VHP international working president Pravin Togadia, along with Balu Hirani and Ashok Patel, were murdered last Saturday.

Police had said that trio was murdered as the accused were trying to extract Rs 50 lakh that Balu Hirani, one of the three victims, owed to Komal for clearing a disputed land in Amreli's Bagasara village.