Key aide of Jamnagar gangster nabbed from Ahmedabad

RAJKOT: Razak Chavda alias Razak Sopari, a key aide of notorious Jayesh Patel gang, was nabbed from Bopal area of Ahmedabad in a joint operation by the Jamanagar special operations group SOG) and Gujarat Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS), on Thursday.
Sopari (45) was wanted in the firing case of builder Girish Der in Jamnagar. It is alleged that Sopari had given orders to open fire on Der about two-and-a half months ago.Der was carrying out a construction work on the land to which Patel, who is accused in several criminal cases, mostly land grabbing and extortion, had staked his claim.
“We nabbed Sopari on the basis of a tip-off about his hide-out in Bopal,” said S S Ninama, inspector with Jamnagar SOG.
Razak entered the crime world by looting a truck loaded with betel nuts near Valsad in 1998. After carrying out such loots, he earned the nickname ‘Sopari’ (betel nut.) He has several cases lodged against him. In 2001, he was arrested in a physical assault case in Jamnagar.
Five months ago, he was released from Jamnagar Central Jail where he was lodged for 10 years in the Anwar Patel murder case of 2002. Patel was a leader of the community to which Sopari belongs and both had some dispute.
Patel had fled to Dubai before his name figured in advocate Kirit Joshi murder case. Joshi was stabbed to death on April 28, 2018.