‘A conspiracy hatched in jail’: Amid gang war for clout, Surat gangster killed

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However, his associates saved him as the incident took place in the area where Maratha lived, sources said. Police sources that a conspiracy for the murder was hatched in the city’s central jail at Lajpore by another gangster Rahul Mandal alias Rahul ‘Apartment’ to avenge an alleged assault on his gang member. Surat Assistant Commissioner of Police (J Division) S C Tarde said, “After primary investigations, we came to know that the conspiracy behind the murder of Satish Marathe was hatched in Surat Central Jail by another gangster, Rahul Mandal alias Rahul Apartment. Mandal, Maratha and others spent four years in prison in that case, but were acquitted in July last year. According to sources, Mandal received bail from Gujarat High Court on July 28, but is yet to be released from jail.