"We can say with confidence that Ashgar Ali is the main killer. He pulled the trigger," CBI Director P C Sharma said at a press conference.
The five accused were produced before the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (Meghaninagar) Ranek Shah amidst tight security.
The Gujarat high court in August acquitted all the 12 accused, including main accused Ashgar Ali, in the Haren Pandya murder case. The killing of the former Gujarat home minister appeared to be an open and shut case till the probe got ambiguous, leaving many questions unanswered. Chitra Padmanabhan reports