Amravati Umesh Kolhe Murder Case: Irfan Khan, the mastermind of Amravati's Umesh Kolhe murder case, arrested

Irfan Khan, the mastermind behind the murder of chemist Umesh Kolhe, has been arrested in Maharashtra's Amravati, allegedly due to a social media post in support of Nupur Sharma. Police have arrested Irfan from Nagpur and he is the 7th accused to be arrested in the Umesh Kolhe murder case. Irrfan Khan runs an NGO and it is alleged that he had motivated Shamim and his friends to kill. It is being told that Irfan had also given logistic support to the killers. Shamim is still out of police custody.

35-year-old Irfan, who was caught from Nagpur, runs an NGO in Amravati itself and describes himself as a social worker. Irfan also has an ambulance service. He had absconded after the murder of Umesh Kolhe. At the same time, the role of a veterinary doctor named Yusuf Khan has also come to the fore in this murder, who has been arrested by the police. Police have added sections 120B and 109 of IPC in the Umesh Kolhe murder case. The other accused are Mudassir Ahmed alias Sonu Raza (22), Shahrukh Pathan alias Nanu Sheikh (24), Shoaib Khan (22), Atib Rashid (22), and Yusuf Khan (44).

The Central Government on Saturday handed over the investigation of the Umesh Kolhe murder case to the NIA. The Center took this decision after reports emerged that the chemist's murder could be the result of social media posts in support of Nupur Sharma. The NIA will also conduct a thorough investigation into the conspiracy to murder and the connection of the incident to international organizations. Kolhe was murdered on the night of June 21 between 10 am and 10.30 pm, when he was returning home on a two-wheeler after closing his shop.