Police have arrested another person in connection with Kolkata hit-and-run case in which IAF corporal Abhimanyu Gaud lost his life last Wednesday.
Shanu, a friend of prime accused Shambia was on Monday arrested from Ajmeri Gate area in Delhi police said adding he was being brought to Kolkata on transit remand. A third accused Jhony had also been tracked down to some other State and a police team had set out to arrest him a joint commissioner of police said.
However, relatives of Jhony said Shanu and he were not inside the Audi car that hit Gaud when he was supervising a rehearsal for the Republic Day parade. Shambia Sohrab however claimed that though he was at the wheel all the three were inside the car and that his friends were egging on him to drive fast ignoring police checks. Both Shanu and Jhony claimed they were coming behind in a Skoda car and went away when police stopped them from driving to the parade area. Shambia ignored the order and drove at a great speed leading to the accident.
Meanwhile, the investigators sniffed drug connection following information that both Shanu and Jhony were frequent visitors to Bangladesh.