<p>A day after a Gujarati businessman was shot dead in the US, Chief Minister Anandiben Patel today sought Prime Minister Narendra Modi's intervention to ensure a fair and speedy probe by the American authorities.<br /><br /></p>.<p>"Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel has sought Prime Minister's intervention for a fair probe by the US authorities into the murder case," Gujarat Assembly chief whip Pankaj Desai told reporters here.<br /><br />28-year-old Gujarati businessman Amit Patel was gunned down by an unidentified assailant in his family-owned liquor shop in Irvington of Edison town in the USA yesterday.<br /><br />Patel originally hailed from Uttarsanda village near Nadiad town of Kheda district in Gujarat.<br />Desai, who is the BJP MLA from Nadidad, said that he had taken up the issue with Gujarat Chief Minister Patel after which she took it up with the Prime Minister.<br /><br />Meanwhile, Patel's parents and wife left for the USA today, a relative said.<br /><br />"We got to know about his (Patel's) tragic death. We do not know who did it but it was really a tragic incident. His mother, father and wife were here (in Uttarsanda village) to attend some family function. They left for the USA today to seek a fair probe into the murder case," the family's relative Janak Gaur told reporters today.<br /><br />Patel was alone in the liquor store owned by his father, when the incident took place. There was no damage to the store or indication of a robbery and only one shot was fired.</p>
<p>A day after a Gujarati businessman was shot dead in the US, Chief Minister Anandiben Patel today sought Prime Minister Narendra Modi's intervention to ensure a fair and speedy probe by the American authorities.<br /><br /></p>.<p>"Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel has sought Prime Minister's intervention for a fair probe by the US authorities into the murder case," Gujarat Assembly chief whip Pankaj Desai told reporters here.<br /><br />28-year-old Gujarati businessman Amit Patel was gunned down by an unidentified assailant in his family-owned liquor shop in Irvington of Edison town in the USA yesterday.<br /><br />Patel originally hailed from Uttarsanda village near Nadiad town of Kheda district in Gujarat.<br />Desai, who is the BJP MLA from Nadidad, said that he had taken up the issue with Gujarat Chief Minister Patel after which she took it up with the Prime Minister.<br /><br />Meanwhile, Patel's parents and wife left for the USA today, a relative said.<br /><br />"We got to know about his (Patel's) tragic death. We do not know who did it but it was really a tragic incident. His mother, father and wife were here (in Uttarsanda village) to attend some family function. They left for the USA today to seek a fair probe into the murder case," the family's relative Janak Gaur told reporters today.<br /><br />Patel was alone in the liquor store owned by his father, when the incident took place. There was no damage to the store or indication of a robbery and only one shot was fired.</p>