Overview
- Ahmedabad Crime Branch arrested the victim's wife, Jagrutiben, and Kantilal Sabariya after reopening the case as an alleged murder conspiracy.
- Police identified the body as truck driver Shantigiri Goswami, recovered from a Surendranagar canal in October 2025, after months in which the suspects said he left for work and filed no missing report.
- Investigators say an earlier plot involved hiring Yunus Memon, who sent a photo of Shantigiri asleep as fake proof and took Rs 25,000 without carrying out a killing.
- According to police, Kantilal strangled Shantigiri while Jagruti muffled him with a pillow, and Deepak alias Munna then helped arrange a car to dump the body in a canal.
- A tip-off led to a two-month effort using human intelligence and technical leads, and police say action against other named associates will follow as the probe continues.