MUMBAI: If matka king Suresh Bhagat's son Hitesh is to be believed, five-star hotels in the city are the safest place to hide from the police. According to sources, Hitesh—who is under the scanner for being involved in Bhagat's murder—was very much in the city when the Mumbai and the Alibaug police were frenetically hunting for him at the houses of his relatives and friends. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Mumbai/Matka_kings_son_found_hiding_in_five-star_hotel/articleshow/3212588.cms
Mumbai, July 8 Officers of the Crime Branch arrested Hitesh Bhagat, the son of 'matka king' Suresh Bhagat and Jaya Bhagat, on Tuesday from Goa where he had gone into hiding after the police started looking for him for his possible involvement in the conspiracy behind the murder of his father on June 13. Maria said Hitesh had fled to Goa on July 4 and had been staying at Hotel Sun N Sand in Panaji. "We had received information that Hitesh was there. Our team went to Goa and arrested him and brought him back to Mumbai. We also recovered Rs 11 lakh from him," said Maria. On June 13, Bhagat and six others were murdered in an orchestrated accident on the Alibaug-Pen road near Shahabaz village. A truck had collided head-on with the Scorpio they were travelling in. Police investigations revealed that a 'supari' of Rs 45 lakh had been paid for the murder.... http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/Matka-kings-murder-Cops-track-down-son-in-Goa-arrest-him/333124/ The state police were unaware of this operation and this capture has again exposed the state's vulnerability and the inability of the state police to keep a track on any wanted persons or notorious elements in the state, especially in view of the fact that the state has been on the terrorist radar for some time. Addressing the media at the police headquarters, the DGP denied any knowledge of the presence of the Mumbai police in the city and the subsequent arrest of the alleged killer and defended himself and his force by saying that normally the police from other states enter after informing them and seek permission before arresting any accused. According to reports Suresh Bhagat's son Hitesh was allegedly behind his father's murder and was hiding out for the past four days in the hotel. When DGP's attention was drawn to the fact that hoteliers do not maintain the details about person checking into their premises, he complained that people do not realise the gravity of problem. This follows the cracking of a murder of a minor girl who had been allegedly killed, chopped in pieces and buried in the state but the murder was cracked by the Kerala police who brought the accused to the state, exhumed the body and returned back. This has left the police open to allegations of non-cooperation from the local police with officials feigning ignorance about the said matter when questioned. http://www.navhindtimes.com/articles.php?Story_ID=070912
