Rs 48 lakh recovered in Jadeja ‘extortion case’: Police

Meanwhile, a Bhavnagar local court Monday sent Kanbha to police custody until April 29. Of the six booked in the alleged extortion case, which branched out of the investigations into the Bhavnagar dummy candidate case, four, including Jadeja, have been arrested so far.

According to an official release of the Bhavnagar police, Kanbha has revealed that of the total Rs 1 crore given by PK Dave and Pradeep Baraiya — accused in the dummy candidate case — a share was given to a friend named Jeet Mandaviya on April 12 on Jadeja’s advice. “Rs 38 lakh was recovered from a bag at Mandaviya’s residence in Bhavnagar’s Rupani circle,” the release said.

It also said that Rs 5 lakh each was paid to Trivedi and Ladhwa who worked as middlemen in the alleged extortion case. All the arrested have been remanded to police custody till April 29.