Rekha Jare murder: Journalist-Advocate Bal Bothe arrested from Hyderabad

Absconding journalist and advocate Bal J Bothe, the mastermind and prime suspect in Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) activist Rekha Jare murder case was arrested by Crime Branch of Ahmednagar Police from Hyderabad, the police said on Saturday. The scribe on the run, Bal Bothe was declared absconding under section 299 of CrPC and search for his was on.

Along with working for the NCP, Rekha Bhausaheb Jare (39) was also the President of Yashaswini Mahila Brigade. She was murdered by two motorcycle-borne persons in Ahmednagar district on November 30 at around 8.20 pm on the Pune-Nagar Highway. Jare was travelling from Pune to Ahmednagar in a car along with her mother, son and a friend when the incident happened. Investigations conducted by Nagar police revealed that senior journalist Bothe was the mastermind and paid blood money to other suspects to execute her.

The suspects had chased the vehicle in which Rekha Jare was travelling and they stopped her vehicle by parking their two-wheeler in the middle of the road on November 30 night. She was called on the road after which her throat was slit with a knife. Police have arrested Feroze Raju Shaikh (26) of Rahuri, Dnyaneshwar Shivaji Shinde (24) of Shrirampur, Aditya Cholke (25) of Kolhar, Sagar Bhingardive (31) of Kedgaon and  Rishikesh Pawar (23) from Pravaranagar in this case so far. Bhingardive revealed during interrogation that Bothe had paid blood money to him to execute Jare.