Reconstruction by CID crime in custodial death case in Vadodara

Team reconstruct the scene from the start till police station to examine

After getting the remand of accused in custodial death till 11 September by Vadodara court, the CID crime team reached Fategunj police station for reconstruction of the crime.

The team reconstruct the scene from the start when the team arrested Shaikh Babu and reached the police station where they tortured him to death.

Gandhinagar CID has reached Fategunj police station for the reconstruction of the incident in the murder case of sensational Sheikh Babu in Vadodara city. Locals gathered at the spot after the accused policemen brought to the same police station where they were posted. CID Crime get 10 days remand of the accused including PI, PSI and 4 other policemen arrested in the Sheikh Babu murder case after produced in Vadodara court.

The accused tied up Babu Sheikh in which room of the police station and beat him up, how his body was taken away after his death and disposed of at this place and other details will be accessed by the CID crime team as they reconstruct the whole scene from the beginning.

It is to be mentioned that till date the body of Sheikh Babu was not found. The CID crime brought the accused to Vadodara to get the location of Sheikh Babu’s body after the reconstruction of crime.

Gandhinagar CID Crime Branch SP Girish Pandya said, the accused were brought to Vadodara for reconstruction of the crime from the place where Babu Sheikh was detained, brought to police station and the bodies disposed by them.

Work is underway to link the missing links in relation to the incident. They are trying to get the footage disappeared in CCTV after getting in touch with the technical agency. Our priority is to get to the place where the body was disposed and panchnama will be done there.

Originally from Telangana and resident of Ahmedabad, Sheikhbabu Nisar came to Vadodara where he was detained by the Fategunj police on suspicion. On the other hand, Sheikh Babu’s family members started searching for him after he failed to return and then filed a complaint of his disappearance in the police station. On the other hand, after a writ petition was filed in the High Court, the police investigation revealed that Sheikh Babu was tortured at the police station and his body was disposed.

 So a murder case was registered against PI Dharmendrasinh Gohil, PSI Dasharath Rabari, 4 constables Pankaj, Yogendrasinh, Rajesh and Hitesh and all the accused fled. The investigation was handed over to CID crime (Gandhinagar) and SP Girish Pandya had started investigating in the case.

All the accused, including the PI were absconding for more than a month and various teams were formed to arrest them. Meanwhile, all the accused appeared before the SP at the CID Crime office in Gandhinagar and their corona tests were then conducted.

All of them are later arrested after the reports came out negative and the accused have been produced before a Vadodara court. The court granted 10 days remand to all the accused.