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.32 gun was used to kill Pandya
March 27, 2003 20:25 IST
Former Gujarat home minister, Haren Pandya's, assassins used a .32 calibre gun, a senior police officer said on Thursday.
Ahemedabd Police Commissioner K R Kaushik said five bullets of a .32 calibre weapon were recovered from Pandya's body during its post-mortem.
Pandya was shot dead by a mobike-borne assailant in Law Garden area of Ahmedabad on Wednesday just as he was getting into his car after a morning walk.
The post-mortem report said he died two to three hours before his body arrived at the V S Hospital, which could be between 0730 - 0800 IST.
Home Secretary K Nityanandam said witnesses -- shopkeepers and fellow morning walkers -- were being identified and questioned.
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