A woman associated with a criminal network was arrested on Monday in connection with the murder of Karni Sena chief Sukhdev Singh Gogamedi. The woman allegedly provided weapons and arranged accommodation for one of the shooters involved in the murder.

The woman, identified as Pooja Saini, and her husband, Mahendra Meghwal, provided weapons to one of the shooters, Nitin Fauji. Jaipur Police Commissioner Biju George Joseph said Pooja Saini and her husband provided weapons to Fauji who stayed in the couple’s rented flat in the Jagatpura area of Jaipur for nearly a week before carrying out the killing on December 5.

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It was through Meghwal that Fauji remained in touch with gangster Rohit Godara, police said. Godara, linked to the Lawrence Bishnoi gang, had claimed responsibility for Gogamedi’s killing in a Facebook post, saying the Karni Sena chief was backing his enemies.

According to police, Meghwal had procured more than half a dozen pistols and cartridges in large quantities. Fauji took two pistols and as many magazines for him and one pistol and two magazines for Rathore, they said.

On the morning of December 5, Meghwal dropped Fauji on Ajmer Road where Rathore was waiting for him. The armed duo was then taken to the residence of Gogamedi, the chief of the Shri Rashtriya Rajput Karni Sena, in Jaipur’s Shyam Nagar area in a vehicle, PTI reported.

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They secured access to Gogamedi’s house through Naveen Shekhawat who was acquainted with the Karni Sena chief. After talking to him for a few minutes, the shooters opened fire at Gogamedi in his living room, leaving him dead. They also killed Shekhawat before fleeing from the spot.

In a joint operation conducted by the Rajasthan Police and the Delhi Police, Nitin Fauji, Rohit Rathore and Udham Singh were arrested from outside a Chandigarh hotel and brought to Jaipur amid tight security last week on Saturday.

(With inputs from PTI)