In Ahmedabad, a man has been arrested for the murder of a BRTS employee

A 29-year-old man was arrested on Wednesday for his claimed involvement in the recent murder of a BRTS employee in the Ramol region of the city.

According to police, a group of five to six people assaulted BRTS staffer Jatin Parmar outside his office on January 24 night at the BRTS bus stand at CTM crossroads in Ahmedabad. Jatin died as a result of his injuries, and a murder case was filed at the Ramol police station.

Jayraj Singh Chauhan alias Jayesh, a resident of Khokhara in Ahmedabad, was arrested for the murder on Wednesday by a team from the Ahmedabad Police Detection of Crime Branch (DCB).

"On January 24 night, Jayraj was travelling in his Verna car with his accomplice Ashish Tomar from CTM crossroads to Jashodnagar. Chauhan illegally wanted to drive on the BRTS bus route and picked up a fight with BRTS staffer Jatin who had locked the route road. Later, Chauhan called up his three friends and assaulted Jatin, resulting in his death," said a senior DCB officer adding Chauhan was earlier booked in multiple cases of prohibition and assault.