Gangster from Gujarat arrested in the UK

Jaysukh Ranpariya, popularly known as Jayesh Patel is wanted in India for committing murders and other crimes. Patel, who hails from Gujarat was arrested in London on Wednesday, March 17, 2021. The 41-year-old was born in Jamnagar. He fled India with a fake passport to Dubai and was allegedly a part of arranging contract killers to murder Jamnagar’s leading lawyer Kirit Joshi in Paris 2018.  He was taken into custody by Bromley police in south-east London before being produced at Westminster Magistrates’ Court. “He told the court he did not consent to his extradition to India to face murder charges,” The Times of India reported. He was remanded in custody at the Wandsworth prison where Nirav Modi was also being detained. Patel’s next appearance in court is due on March 24.